I believe that today marks the official beginning of our anticipation of Christmas. This is the first Sunday of Advent. It tends to sneak up on us, but it is finally here. I started with the Christmas music after dinner on Thanksgiving. I will play it until midnight on Christmas day.
Do you need something to do over the next few weeks? Drive to an area where a lot of shopping is going on. Make sure you take a big dose of patience before you leave. Park as far away from the stores as you can. The exercise will do you good. Walk slowly toward the crowds. You don’t actually need to shop. All you can expect to do is share the joy. Look for opportunities to say, “Merry Christmas!” in response to half-hearted expressions of “Happy Holidays.”
You might prepare a few snappy, thought provoking comebacks. You might ask, “What holiday is that?” or “What season is it?” Always accompany your question with a big smile. Hold doors open for people. Pick up packages they drop. Pray for the miserable heathen that you see swamping the marketplace. Pray that the other bits of salt and light in the mix will have a chance to remind people of what we are celebrating.
(Gal 4:4 KJV) But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
(Joh 1:14 KJV) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.I could go on but that will whet your appetite for all the glory that is involved in the incarnation.
Merry Christmas! Inspiring Incarnation!
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