This time of year, from Thanksgiving to Christmas, there’s a lot of nostalgia, isn’t there? If you decorate for either holiday, some of your decorations bring back memories. As you plan a meal, you may remember meals past, even if it’s just to say, “We have turkey every year! Let’s have something else!”At Thanksgiving, we thank God for the previous year.
Some years it’s harder because it’s been a rough year, but most of us will try our best to come up with something to be thankful for. Either way, it brings up a lot of memories. And then comes Christmas. Besides those decorations and food, we remember Christmases past, and family and friends from past Christmases, some of whom aren’t with us anymore.
And, as we think about the birth of Jesus, that brings in a flood of memories. Celebrations in the past, the first Christmas is really dawned on us that it’s about Jesus. And even as we think about Jesus, we think about his birth two thousand years (plus) ago. Our mind goes back to a time before cars and planes, to travel by donkey and staying in a stable and being surrounded by shepherds.
What if, though, there’s an element of Christmas—from the Bible—that’s about the future?
Sunday morning at 10:30.
(Sunday School this week at 9 a.m. We'll be in the 28th & 29th chapter of Genesis.)
