Ruminations and Ramifications

Something to say...

I've finally found something to say.

I was listening to the radio's smorgasbord of Christmas tunes and listened to Amy Grant belt out "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year".

It is?

Why?

I know a number of people who would openly debate the subject of when the most wonderful time of the year really occurs, and I'm sure they'd leave out the Christmas holiday season. For them, the holidays are a time of family strife and battling heightened traffic volume. Additionally, with the continued decline in the government's willingness to acknowledge this season's true meaning (remember that, ironically, Christmas is a holiday recognized by the Federal government), few people actually ruminate on the happiness that this season is all about.

I wonder if eventually we will forget all about the event of the coming of Christ, and why it is a season to be observed with dilligence and scrutiny. We idolize the ideas of family and togetherness, placing them on the front of a Christmas card and glorifying them in televised advertisements. We place these ideas on a pedestal, but refuse to give them room in our hearts because our hearts are so stained with sin. And what is at the root of these values?

If we were to unearth their origin, we'd find Jesus.

JESUS!!!

Yet we're so afraid to lay down the hard line of the truth about Who He is.

We should be ashamed of ourselves, just as He will be ashamed of us.

posted by Marcian @ 1:38 PM