The Meaning of Christmas

In this festive time of year, we often say, “Merry Christmas” to one another without truly giving it much thought, but let us take time now to think on it. Those who would take the “Christ” out of Christmas do so foolishly, for the fool has said in his heart there is no God. Instead, substitutions are made to fill the Void but this is like taking our President’s Day and saying it applies to any president serving in any country.

The whole purpose of Christmas is not that a child was born but to show that hope literally does spring eternal. Unlike evolution, which debases our humanity and leaves us hopeless, this Child shows us our imperfections and gives us means to once again attain perfection. Unlike atheists who spend every waking minute denying His existence, this Child says though you lack belief in Me, I believe in you- enough to come to you and even die for you.

We celebrate the Christmas season saying, “Merry Christmas” to celebrate this miracle birth, yet deny His creation of us. Those who deny the Creation week by mixing God’s creative ability with evolution make this miracle birth of no meaning in their lives. He created, He was born, He died for us, and He shall come again. That is the miracle of Christmas. What say we of the Second Coming when the earth is recreated? Will that also take billions of years or be done in “twinkling of an eye”? Instead, the deniers create their own make-believe world in which something comes of nothing, improvement is spontaneous, and we are no more than animals. Who is the real spinner of tales?

Our founding fathers knew the meaning of Christmas as they believed in a Creator and rightfully claimed the rights He endowed as inalienable. They asserted we are one nation under God. Sadly, we now want to make God to be under us. We banish Him from our schools, from our public activities, and ultimately from our lives. Are we the better for it?

We live in a world where our political leaders have forgotten Christmas as they believe we serve them. If they had the spirit of the season, they would not only claim to serve us when they run for reelection, they also not act as servants who are greater than their masters. We live in a world where leaders want to spend billions on global warming’s worse case impossible scenarios yet ignore the want that actually exists in this world. They wish their “science” to be beyond scrutiny but why fear if truth is on their side?

This Christmas I hope that we root out the Scrooges in our lives and seek goodwill for our fellow man for by embracing Christmas we can truly be merry. That we could look beyond ourselves and then we would seek out missions like the Salvation Army so they would not have to seek us out with their kettles. Would that we could take hold and hang onto Tiny Tim’s immortal words, “God bless us everyone” so that God truly can.