The Christmas Spirit

It has been a very long time since I think I really understood the meaning of Christmas Spirit. For the first time in years, this year is truly not about the stuff. It's amazing how something like cancer can help put Christmas into perspective. The Beatles said it best, You can't buy me love! Anyone can give a gift that was purchased during a knock-out/drag-out at Walmart on Black Friday (Anyone dumb enough to get out in that mess anyway!) But the true gifts are the ones that show that people understand the true meaning of Christmas. I stood back today watching the Community mission project giving away food and fixing meals and found myself proud. Proud that Christians from different churches pulled together to serve a community by showing them the love that God has put in our hearts. To often, Christmas Spirit gets lost in the stuff. I visited a church Wednesday night and heard that the kids of the church had actually questioned the pastor as to why they had decided to call off services for Sunday. If "Jesus is the reason for the season" why would you not have church on the day we celebrate His birth. I remember as a child getting upset that we had to go to church on Christmas Day and was told real quick that the real reason for Christmas was all about Him not us(Thanks Jerry). I wonder just how many churches will be closed Sunday morning. Kinda time for us Christians to show we believe what we claim to believe. Anyway I hope and pray this season, at least for the next couple of days that each of you stop long enough to remember that we are celebrating the season of love. John 3:16!!! Let the songs of adoration rise!!! He is alive and we are free!!! Let the Christmas Spirit reign in your heart and shower each other with the love of Christ!! God Bless and Merry Christmas!!!