If You Don't Like It , Don't Do It!

Look I make no bones about it , I love Christmas. I love the carols, the lights ,putting up the Christmas tree , buying gifts for my family and friends , the old Christmas specials , the Christmas Carol , attending Church on Christmas eve , having the family over on Christmas day for a mighty feast . Do I need to go on? You get my drift.

So let me give some answers to your complaints .

1. Why all the fuss over one day ?  Well let me see, the God of the universe enters into His creation as a baby and you don't think thats a big deal ? You are either stupid as a rock or more likely , dead in sin and can't marvel  that a Savoir came to save a sinner like you .

2. All that spending is such a waste? Then its simple .Don't spend . Show yourself to be the scrooge that your complaint makes you out to be. No one forces you too. Who is holding the Christmas spend gun to your head , oh no body! I hope at the very least you give to a charity!

3.Christmas is for Kids! Nope , hate to bust that bubble but Christmas is for all . All sinners that is and guess what , your one of them (Romans 3:23). That babe in the manger was born to die and make a atonement for your sins .

4. Why celebrate the day anyway , since Jesus wasn't born on the 25th ! No He wasn't but its a celebration of His birth in a general sense. To call attention to the day that God came to earth is a good thing. The holy entered into the ordinary . The most important birth mankind has ever seen or ever will see.

5. For all you closet Puritans (who didn't celebrate Christmas) who say it is pagan and has its roots in heathen  rituals , well guess what ? When the early Church decided to make the decree that they would start to celebrate Jesus birth to compete if you will with the pagans , I say hurray! What Joe or Jill average could even tell you what false deity the pagan world worshiped! But whenever Christ brings forth His light to the darkness , the darkness always looses. That is what happened to the day.

One last thing , for those who say that the Bible never tells us to celebrate Jesus birth , well that is true .But how do you deal with all the joyful proclamations of something so amazing that was about to happen. When Christ was born the Angels of God tear back the veil of heaven and to lowly shepherds tell of Jesus birth. The shepherds after seeing the baby , are filled with joy and tell of what they saw. Wise men from the east mark His birth by seeking Him out , presenting gifts ( probably when Jesus was between 1-2 years old) . So celebrating Jesus birth is not really a foreign concept!

So I say one last time , don't like Christmas , then opt out . But I will tell you upfront , I will joyfully celebrate the birth of my Lord and Savior and hopefully turn your Bah Humbug! to a Hallelujah ,Jesus is born .