There it's something magical about the Christmas season. I think that part of it has to do with the unity that you see. It seems like everyone, regardless of their beliefs, puts up some sort of decorations even if it is just a string of yellow lights. Everyone is in a good mood. People become more patient and giving. The poor are looked after. Families come together. Old hurts are forgotten. It just seems like everyone and everything is in harmony.
I've loved but also have disliked this season for those reasons. The reason why it can sometimes rub me the wrong way is because it all seems like a false front. We've all decided to close a door on how things really are, decorate it all nice and pretty, and just ignore it until sometime around mid January. The sentiment all seems so fake that sometimes it just makes me want to scream. Stop pretending! Or if you really do want to turn over a new leaf then sick with it for more that a month and a half.
Thinking these things over during this time of year I realize how quickly I can become quite cynical (Ba-humbug!). Trying to think these things over in a new light I've been led to a new realization. What if this time of year, all this unity and cheerfulness, what if this is God's Christmas gift to us? I wonder if He is granting is just a glimpse of what heaven will look like. He is using this very special time of year to help us look back at the birth of Christ but to also look forward to our time in heaven and all the glories that await us there.
The unity that we see at this time of year is but a taste of what we will experience in eternity. The joy, the forgiveness, and the community will be complete and beyond our understanding. That wonderful image has given me a whole new kind of Christmas warm and fuzzy feeling. It helps remind me that we truly do have quite the wondrous life to live and mission to spread this news to others. It makes me cry out all the more with my heart, "Come Lord Jesus, come quickly! "
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