O Holy Night...

Just two days from now we celebrate the most important single moment in history - the birth of Jesus Christ. In that single moment, all of history was forever changed. In that instant, the downfall of man from that first moment of sin was replaced by the salvation of man in that first moment of birth. The first moment of sin brought death to the world. This first moment of birth brings everlasting life to the world.

In our society today, we rarely slow down from the hustle and bustle of the day. We almost never stop everything and simply ponder on the moment. We have cliches such as, live in the moment, but we hardly ever follow its advice. We are always looking toward what we have to do next, toward tomorrow, next week, next month or even next year. We rarely focus on the here and now...on this minute...on this single moment in time. Maybe that's why so many have forgotten what Christmas truly is. The hustle and bustle of the season (and believe me there is TREMENDOUS hustle and bustle...just go into a store) overshadows the focus of Christmas.

As we enter into this holy and faith-filled Christmas I have a gift for my readers. My gift to you is this: sometime on Christmas Day - in between the opening of gifts and the bustle of preparing Christmas dinner - stop and reflect for a minute on that one moment, over 2000 years ago in a tiny manger in Bethlehem, when God entered into human history...when our lives were forever changed and our salvation began. In that calming moment of pause I pray that you find the peace and truth of EVERY moment in our lives and indeed in all of history...that every moment in history flows from Christ and every moment returns to Christ. Nothing else matters.

This will be my last post until Dec. 27th, so I want to wish all my readers a joyful next few days. May you find God in every moment of your activities and celebrations in these next few days. May the peace of Christ be with you. Until next time...a merry, holy and blessed Christmas and God bless.

posted by: crossman at 18:28 | link | comments |
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