Advent

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning wtih God. All things came into being through him, and wighout him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it."
John 1:1-5

Giving gifts is nice. Sugar cookies are divine. Tinkling bells, green trees and colored lights are hard to do without. But don't let the Christmas season slip by without taking time to acknowledge the reason we celebrate the season.

Advent Begins with the coming of December and goes through Christmas Day. It is the time that we sit together in the darkness of winter and light candles as we meditate on the coming of the true Light into the darkness of our sinful world. A light that leads us to truth, to God and to salvation. And a light that is for now, burning in our own hearts and will one day come again to judge the quick and the dead.

Yes, this December we will sit shivering in the darkness and we will hold our lights high for all to see while we wait with bated breath for our Savior to come again.