Christmas- spiritual or secular

Secular Christmas vs. Spiritual Christmas . . . Secular Christmas has Santa, Frosty,  rein deers and silver bells.  Spiritual Christmas has Shepherds, Wise Men, Angels and the baby Jesus.   One is about fun and the other is about our faith.  When I was a child, I did wonder how Santa would come to see us and bring us toys, when our fire place was cemented in and a gas heater was put in.  Obviously, He would come through the front door.  And I know I heard him, but I was to afraid see.  I did not dare look, I kept the covers over my head.  Besides I did not want him to catch me looking and secondly, Santa Clause was a scary looking fellow to me,  BUT those are fun memories for me now.    Then, we have a day set aside to celebrate Our dear Savior's birth.  And to have the songs that talk about HIM !! it's just great.  Usually, there's a radio station, here in Atlanta, that would play Christmas songs 24/7.  But then there was alittle change in the songs.  More was about Santa, Frosty, snow and silver bells. And less about Him.  Now, there's no 24/7 Christmas songs,  they play regular songs and only a few secular Christmas songs and very little Christmas songs about him.  Now, I know the new media of satellite and paid radio can give you Christmas songs 24/7.  But what is this telling us, when many stations played Christmas songs about Him and now they barely mentioned it.   And when they do it's not about our dear Savior's birth.  I remember Christmas Caroling with our church group and one of our new converts did not understand why we did not sing about Santa and snow,  then, in another situation with our church choir, I added Frosty and snow rides to our music and many did not understand.   Well,  . . . . I like them both, there's Christmas that is FUN to me and there's a Christmas that's all about HIM and I like that very much too and it has its own place in my life.

But what's going on in your life now, my friend.  Life is just a vapor (steam) that appears for alittle while then disappears.  You need to be ready when this life is over. And you can, call on Jesus today. Accept Him as your Lord and Savior.  For whosoever shall call on the Lord shall be saved, see Romans chapter10.

God Bless you friend, Christmas can be fun, but it's also about our faith, as we celebrate His Birth.

RevDanSam
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