Christmas is not only an event in history; it is also an expression
of our hope for the future. It is a time of the year we welcome as a season of
general good will. People give more to charity at Christmas than any other time of year. More families come together
to celebrate and share. We are enriched by the art and music that has enshrined
the birth of Christ over the last nineteen hundred plus years.
Christmas means much more than an annual glance backward in the
midst of secular festivals. Christmas is also a long look forward into the
future. Christmas is a promise of
hope for all people yet to come. It is a time when we sense for a brief season
that the world can be better and that people can be nicer. A small child in a
manger gives us hope that we can be closer to God. That child was the great
gift of God to a sinful world and he is our blessing.
Christmas is an event that takes place in our souls and it is an
ongoing renewal that gets a gentle shove once a year. More than a single day in
history Christmas is the light for
today that shows us the promise of tomorrow.
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