Little Christmas


 
When they saw the star they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Matthew 2:10-11

Today is Epiphany or Little Christmas, today ends the time frame sung about in “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Those are not the days prior to December 25th, those are the days between Christmas and January 6th, Epiphany, the day we celebrate as the day the kings arrived to see Jesus.

I am not going to get into how long it took the kings, who the kings were or any other deeper theological topics. I want to talk to you celebrations.

We've just been through Advent, the waiting in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior. Then Christmas, the celebration of Jesus arriving here on Earth to be with us, to be one of us, the promise that He will one day come back for us. Now it's Little Christmas and the celebrating is over.

To be honest, it's been over in a world view since December 26th. “Baby Jesus” gets a lot of air time for a few weeks, then He goes away and Jesus gets shoved to the back burner by many who think that's where He belongs. If you disagree with that, if you're still waiting in joyful hope, if you want to continue to celebrate Jesus, to appreciate the gift(s) that He gives to you, the gift He is to you, then I have a suggestion. Keep celebrating.

I'm not suggesting that you leave your Christmas decorations up year round or play Christmas carols non-stop. I'm suggesting that you celebrate Jesus by celebrating the people He has put in your life. Do you have a spouse, children, extended family, friends and/or co-workers? Then you have someone to celebrate. Ask Jesus who it is that needs a little love. He's more than happy to point you in the right direction.

We learn about being good stewards and we see that in a dollar and cents way or maybe we take it as far as our belongings. What about people? The people in our lives are God's gifts to us and we should be faithful stewards of those relationships. Celebrate Little Christmas and every day of the year, by celebrating someone God has placed in your life. It will bless them and give you joy.

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