Man, it has been a long time, a long time since I have set down and blogged it up. Really, I mean it almost seems like it has been decades since I have done this. I have almost forgotten how to approach it, and what to say. But with a newly obtained computer, I see this coming back to me. Rather quickly, I hope. So, let's get cracking!
With the wonderful time of year it is, I find myself, just like I do every year, wondering how one should feel about Christmas. I mean, it is awesome, people spending all this time to find presents, being thoughtful, and more kinder to others. Reaching out and giving. How awesome is that! You know I must agree that Christmas should come more often. But here is where I find myself a little bit disappointed in myself. I just don't seem to get into the Holiday swing of things! I am not a big shopper, and I hate crowds. I like to do nice things for people but I always like to do nice things for people.
I am not big into getting a tree and decorating it. I mean it is nice and fun and stuff, and I have seen a lot of people do really cool things with lights and decorations, but I don't seem to think hey I should go do that. I don't mind helping people do that kind of stuff, but then I am just back into the service mode of life.
You see, I think I could go with out Christmas, well, figuratively speaking. I mean if I never knew that Christmas didn't exist, or hey I would go even as far as to say that if someone decided that we no longer would celebrate Christmas, the only reason I would be upset is because it would take away from an opportunity to celebrate the birth of our Savior.
So maybe that is the thing, maybe the issue I really have with Christmas is that of the commercial aspect. I enjoy going to Christmas and hearing the wonderful stories of giving and receiving and helping and lifting. I enjoy listening to some of the wonderful Christmas music put together by choirs. I enjoy taking some time to sit and reflect and think about what it would have been like to be there in the manager where the infant Jesus was born. Or how Joseph and Mary were visited by angels and what they thought as they knew their first born would be the Savior and Redeemer of the world. It seems as if we would take but a few brief moments to just sit and think, what was it like? What does this mean? How does this effect me? That we could really grasp and feel and see what Joseph and Mary saw. And what the wise men and shepherds saw and felt, too.
As this time of year continues forward may we all take some time to sit and reflect what Christmas is truly about. Sadly enough, to often we burden ourselves down with so much hustling and bustling. Running here and there, needing to be at this house, and that party, and visit this person, all in the "Spirit of Christmas" that we forget and run right past the "Spirit of Christmas." Everyone says it, we all repeat it, "Christ is the reason for the season", but what have we done to make Christ a part of us. What change have we made in our lives to show that he is. And I am not just talking about the change we make for just this month, all the giving and visiting and what not. Christ didn't just serve for one month out of the year. He did it all the time.
Maybe I might be wrong, maybe I am a bit off my rocker, but I don't think so. I think we truly overcrowd our lives, and entertain ourselves to death, spiritual death, in a time of year when we should be awakening our spiritual lives even more so. May we all have a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year. Merry Christmas.
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