Christmas Rant

          "strange isnt it? Each mans life touches so many other lives. When he isn't
           Around he leaves an awful hole doesn't he?"
                                                                 - it's a wonderful life

Can we talk about Christmas for a minute? The greates season of all? Filled with love, giving, and our Savior?
I love seeing people come home from college, I love seeing marines come from from Afghanistan after nine months, I love people helping people, I love seeing people pay for a strangers meal, I love free turkeys, I love celebrating family, friends, and the birth of Christ.
I had someone tell me they hate Christmas music and hated Christmas movies....and this made me so sad.
I think people get so caught up in the stressful, commercialized version of Christmas....it's cheesy, it's stressful.

But Christmas is so important, it's a time when people open their hearts to people and to Christ. And it makes me so sad when even Christians ignore this Holiday.
I know....it's technically from pagan roots, the world has commercialized it... But it's a sinful world people! And that does not make Christmas a bad thing. It is a beautiful thing!
It is a time to worship and praise our King, to show people His love.
People have a tender mercy in their hearts that only come around once a year. Linus got it for Pete's sake! And he's like three or something.
I wish everyone's phone autocorrected to CHRISTMAS. Because it deserves to be in all caps.
Christmas holds a powerful message that need not go unnoticed. In the film "meet John Doe" John was willing to throw away his life for a cause for a love of people. But someone reminded him that Someone already made that sacrifice 2000 years ago....the first "John Doe" and that's what Christmas is about.
Let us use this time for Him. Lets leave behind the angsty, hipster way. And let's celebrate and praise our King who came to earth as a babe... Just for people like us