I am a Ebenezer Scrooge! Almost anyway. I believe this callousness towards the Christmas season has been subtle, yet a kill joy, and is hopefully turning to a thankful and grateful spirit now that my "scroogeness" has been realized and is being confronted. Don't get me wrong, there are aspects that keep me from becoming a complete scrooge, like celebrating God becoming flesh in Jesus Christ and Third days "Christmas offering" album who sing songs about King Jesus being born into this world. I get excited about those truths, however, I have let everything else our culture associates with Christmas weigh more heavy on my mind than the former, like Santa Clause, store blowout sales, and Christmas songs that have nothing to do with the Christ in CHRISTmas. I can probably pin point other reasons that have polluted my feelings towards this special holiday but I would have to analyze 20 years of my life and frankly I'm not doing that. Please understand, my intentions for this blog are not to rain on anybody's Christmas parade but to simply challenge readers to gain or regain perspective on what Christmas is about...
The King born a babe
Not silk feathered bed but a manger He laid
He grew up building things of wood
He grew to do the one thing only He could do
He gulped God's wrath down to the dregs
He fulfilled what the prophets have said
He dangled bruised and bloody on that splintered tree
The King died to set His people FREE
Free from sin, shame, and guilt
Free only because The King's blood was spilt
The King is alive today
This King is the only way
Make haste, the curtain is torn
Follow King Jesus and be reborn
-this poor man-
Merry Christmas everyone may it be filled with worship and celebration for and to King Jesus
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