True Christmas Spirit

We are in full swing and I missed it.  I was too tired Friday night and completely forgot one of the most beautiful of our family’s traditions – the live drive through nativity.  Every year we do several things around Christmas – we go see lights - check, we go to Christmas on the Square - check, we have trim-a-tree – a great tradition where the family comes over, you feed them, and in turn they bring ornaments and help you decorate your tree – check, check, check.  But we also do the live nativity and this year I missed it.  It’s easy to miss something during this time because there are so many commitments to share with others, so many parties, so many invitations, so many lunches and dinners, and get-togethers.  But the live nativity is a short but beautiful experience of the true meaning of Christmas.  It has live actors, live animals and beautiful scenes, artwork and choir music.  But it is much more than a beautiful representation of Jesus’ birth.  It is a retelling of Mary and Joseph’s road to Bethlehem.  It’s the story of God’s son Jesus, and his humble birth and beginnings on earth. The miracle of a God made man for us – His precious children.  The birth of sweet baby boy in a manger; but also the complete truth about salvation through a babe that would become man - God with us.   It is the story of Emmanuel.  It is what this season is all about.

Thanking God for His beautiful Son Jesus, the God who descended to earth for each of us.  Thanking God that this season is not all about us, but Him.