A DECEMBER TO REMEMBER

      I rarely get the opportunity to blog lately. Work has been insanely busy due to the fact that no one wants to work but a lot of people want to eat chicken sandwiches!! Go figure!

     It's December 10, 2021 at 9:26 a.m. as I get to sit and blog. It's December! So hard to believe! in 15 days we celebrate Christmas Day. We all have our traditions and we all look forward to spending time with family. As a kid, Christmas had two meanings for me. There was the "religious" part. I put religious in quotes because truthfully I was following a religion without realizing I could have an amazing relationship with my savior! The religious part was going to Catholic mass on Christmas Eve. I'm not sure how long the service was but it felt like it was four hours. I can't tell you anything the priest said but I did occupy my time counting the lights in the church and looking at the stained glass and statues in the building. My creative mind went to town during that service.  

     I knew Christmas was the celebration of the birth of Christ but what always confused me was what the second meaning was to me. There was Santa Claus, presents, stockings, Frosty the Snowman, Christmas trees, house decorated with lights and shopping malls packed with people buying gifts, It seems as though someone had a brilliant idea that money can be made during this holiday season. It also seems as though our world has pushed the Birthday of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ and has replaced it with everything else. Please don't get me wrong! I realize all of the Christmas festivities are loads of fun.What bothers me is that we have pushed aside the real meaning of the season and refuse to honor the guest of honor ... JESUS! People get offended if you say "Merry Christmas", we call a Christmas Tree a Holiday Tree and you hear less Christmas songs on the radio that refer to the birth of Christ and more about Grandma getting run over by a reindeer! Our world is pushing God away from everything and every situation. As a result, look at the condition out world is in!! I often wonder how an atheist or an agnostic celebrates Christmas? I guess in their eyes it's just another Saturday!

     My challenge to all of us is to make this a December to Remember by remembering the real reason we celebrate Christmas! So with all that said ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!!