It’s Christmas Day. After weeks of planning and preparation, this is the day of celebration. But, at the end of the day, only one celebration is needed. 

Every Christian can celebrate on this day:

-“In the city of David a Savior” was born. He was and is “Christ the Lord.”

-Jesus came to seek and to save the lost.

-Jesus was born of a virgin because he was and is “the Son of God.”

-Jesus was born as the final sacrifice for the sins of the world.

-Christmas leads to Easter. Easter leads to eternal hope.

Whatever else this day means to your life, allow yourself time for Christmas to mean what Christmas was intended to mean.

God gave us Christmas because he “so loved the world.” God gave us Jesus so that “whoever would believe in him” could be saved. God gave us Christmas so he could give us Easter. We celebrate Christmas because we have believed and therefore we can live knowing we will never “perish” because we have the hope of eternal life.

Allow the emptiness under the tree to serve as a reminder that each Christmas season on earth is a temporary moment of the eternal celebration that awaits us, God’s children.

Wisdom is understanding that the gift of Jesus is our treasure. May you treasure the moments of your Christmas celebration with the eternal wisdom and hope of all the celebrations to come. 

I wish you and yours a blessed and holy Christmas.