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God's Greatest Gift


It is Christmas Eve. We are on the eve of Christmas and that means the celebration of Christ's Birth. Many will commerate the day by waking up during the early hours and taring into gifts. I do not mean to diminish the joy of this tradition. Children opening presents on Christmas Day is something to cherish and everyone should delight in the sight of seeing someone they love open something they have wanted.

That being said, it is important for us to not lose focus of what tomorrow means. There are plenty who celebrate Christmas as secular holiday, and enjoy the commercial quality. But as Christians it means so much more and there is a way to honor the Birth of our Savior. Many put out Nativity sets in their homes and have traditions of hiding the Baby Jesus until Christmas Day or they have their children search for the Christ Child on Christmas Day. Another great way to bring the focus of the holiday back to the Holy One, is to read the Chapter One of the Gospel of Luke, which tells the Birth of Christ.

The point is not to purge the delightful traditions of gift giving, evergreen trees, and a banquet of great food; but to in all of this merriment make the Messiah a focus. We are tasked with teaching the next generation the Truth of Jesus Christ and what better day than Christmas! The very celebration of Christ coming into the world! Some feel compelled to attend Church and let the Pastor and Sunday School teachers tell their children about Christ. But I say it is better to do something in the home, where parents and children connect with each other and share their love for Christ! This way the celebration is not some ritual that makes kids groan because they have to go to a church, but instead it becomes a living experience of Christ during the holiday!

Some choose to celebrate God's Greatest Gift, but giving to others of their time. This takes the form of soup kitchens and alms to the needy. Charity is a great way to commemorate the Birth of Christ! Perhaps another example for your children is that if they get what they want on Christmas, they donate a toy they no longer play with or that they pick out something nice for children at an orphanage. This will teach them to give thanks to the Lord who has allowed them to get nice things on Christmas and to remember that they are blessed, because there are young people out there who cannot afford presents, nor have parents to provide them.

Whatever you choose to do, remember to give thanks to the Lord. God gaves us the greatest gift, His very Son! Christmas should be celebration! For once "we were lost, but now we are found." We were in darkness and doomed to death, but Christ came and gives us eternal life! That should cause us great joy during this holiday season! Remember God's Greatest Gift and share it with your children! Remember that the joy that comes from the gifts they get tomorrow is great and worthwhile; but the joy Christ came give them for eternity is more important.

Merry Christmas! I shall blog before the New Year. Until then have a Happiest of Christmases!

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