Why Not Christmas
Date Submitted: 08/27/2004 16:01:49
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 1 pages (267 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 1 pages (267 words)
I've heard it most often when someone is talking about children. Some folks even say, "Christmas is for children." Do they mean that Christmas is no more than fairy-tale wonderment? For sure, December is chock-full of kid fun, from cartoon specials and candy treats to Santa and his sack.
Even when we say, "Let's not lose the real meaning of Christmas," that points us to the manger where we find — a child! But just because …
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…Jesus' birth — the "reason for the season" — this one angel tells a lone young woman what all of this is going to do, to prove, to mean. Here's the point of it all, Gabriel proclaims: Nothing will be impossible with God.
This statement of faith hasn't found its way into the messages on our Christmas cards. But it is the explanation Mary received. It's what the season reveals: Nothing will be impossible with God.
Emargo
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