Black Friday, Merry Christmas, bah humbug, happy holidays, be politically correct, buy the most presents, host the best party, attend the most parties, Happy Hanukkah, children focused on how much they can get, depression, wrong gifts-hurt feelings, anger, credit card bills, crime, stress, good will to all, pressure, buy too much for all the wrong reasons, sadness.
This is a result of everyone looking for the meaning of Christmas. Wonder when we decided we had to look for the meaning? I can’t think of where it says in scripture that we have to go searching. I do know that in scripture it tells of a gift of salvation that God sent to us in the form of a small baby. The meaning was gifted to us, no strings attached, no horrible bills to pay later, no weight gain. Those kind of gifts are usually not found except in small spots during the Christmas season. And yet they are ours.
I choose to celebrate Advent. Advent is a time of waiting. A time of looking forward. Not just to the birth in the manger, but to the time when Christ will come again. That is the gift! The gift of salvation! A time of hope, of peace, of love and of joy, a time of waiting.
So instead of spending all of our time searching for Christmas, we should celebrate Advent.
But whatever we call it, it’s a season of hope, peace, love and joy, a time of waiting/looking forward to the salvation of the entire world, for each and every one of us, a much better choice than all that seems to surround us during the “Happy Holidays”.
It is a choice. I have chosen. What’s your choice? Prayers and Blessings to All during this most blessed season of waiting.
Nettie Covalt, CLP,
First Presbyterian Church
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