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What other holiday than Christmas encourages companies to make crazy socks for a profit? Granted, there are some of you who wear Christmas socks all year, not so much because you like the socks but because you like Christmas. For most of us, they remain in the dresser until December.
For some people the message of the cross is similar to Christmas socks.
"The message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God's power to us who are being saved." 1 Corinthians 1:18 God's Word to the Nations
You and I look forward to Christmas because it leads to the story of the cross and the empty tomb. We believe that the baby born in Bethlehem was not just a cute baby born in poor circumstances. We confess that this baby is the world's Savior. He is the one who forgives our transgressions against God and others.
Unfortunately, for many people this message is like Christmas socks; something to laugh at. To many it is pure nonsense to think that God would enter our human habitation by taking on our flesh, and that this God would forgive the world for its transgressions. It is foolishness to many.
However, this foolishness brings us life. It orders our lives and our universe. It is a message that we cannot live without no matter what others think.
So again this year, we will sing "Joy to the World" and "Silent Night" even when others think we're as crazy as Christmas stockings because this message is our life.
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For some people the message of the cross is similar to Christmas socks.
"The message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God's power to us who are being saved." 1 Corinthians 1:18 God's Word to the Nations
You and I look forward to Christmas because it leads to the story of the cross and the empty tomb. We believe that the baby born in Bethlehem was not just a cute baby born in poor circumstances. We confess that this baby is the world's Savior. He is the one who forgives our transgressions against God and others.
Unfortunately, for many people this message is like Christmas socks; something to laugh at. To many it is pure nonsense to think that God would enter our human habitation by taking on our flesh, and that this God would forgive the world for its transgressions. It is foolishness to many.
However, this foolishness brings us life. It orders our lives and our universe. It is a message that we cannot live without no matter what others think.
So again this year, we will sing "Joy to the World" and "Silent Night" even when others think we're as crazy as Christmas stockings because this message is our life.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2013 Douglas P. Brauner. ARR.
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