It's that time of year....

You know, it's that time of year when we feel good about ourselves. We make sure we think of others. We've been Black Friday shopping, we've taken care of our loved ones, and we cannot wait for a few days off work! We are looking for that perfect high def TV, the new touch-screen Blackberry, or that iPod our kids have been asking for. I love the Christmas season! But many times that is the extent of Christmas for Christians. We are so busy with the hustle and bustle of the holidays, that we completely ignore Jesus Christ our Saviour. I am all for thinking of others. We should be doing that anyway. But this is the season to make Christ's birth into this world the focal point. What an amazing sacrifice....a holy God become a human being! He was tempted, the Bible says, like as we are, yet without sin. What an amazing God we serve! I think of the song our choir sings, "Oh, What a Sacrifice." What a sacrifice our God made by sending His son to this sin-sick world.

I am constantly reminded of this wonderful verse of scripture found in Psalm 90:2 "Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God." Think on that verse as you go along in your holiday, break-neck pace.

May you all have a very Merry Christmas. Not because of gifts or even giving, but because of the miracle birth of our Saviour into this world. I know it has become a cliche, but Jesus is the reason for the season.