More than once since December 25th I have seen on face book or heard from the mouths of friends “I am done with Christmas!” Even I who rate in the top 5% of Americans who tend to go overboard can empathize with this feeling at the moment. Interestingly though, these words never come out of the mouths of children. Even children suffering physically or in poverty have faith and energy for Christmas long before and long after adults are exhausted! Movie classics old and new remind us of the true meaning of the season, but we can only take so much hype in our physical and emotional beings!


I was reading in Philippians chapter 2 this morning in the Message Bible and came across these words: “Do everything readily and cheerfully- no bickering, no second-guessing allowed! Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God. Carry the light-giving Message in to the night so I’ll have good cause to be proud of you on the day that Christ returns!” That my friend is Christmas all year round! If regularly exerting our efforts to bless others is our way of life Christmas would not be such a shock to our routines. Instead it would be an extension of rejoicing in the life we live because Christ was and is and always will be the Way-the Truth- and Life! Happy New Year to All…………….