Good morning on this Friday after Christmas. I hope you had a most excellent Christmas this year. What did Christmas bring? While the years since have brought many new traditions that we enjoy today, that first Christmas brought a baby. Once the angelic choirs went home and the shepherds went back to the fields, Joseph still had to make a living for his little family. Mary couldn't avoid the issue of diapers or whatever it is they used for little babies back then. The new parents probably longed for a night's unbroken sleep like new parents do today. The fireworks and wonders of the holy birth were done and the new family faced life in a new town. Plus, there was still that Roman census thing hanging out there. Who knows how long that governmental thing took.
The day after Christmas can be for many a bit of a downer. The excitement and anticipation quickly fades into just another work day, or, if you work in retail, one of the more difficult workdays of the year. The ever increasing joy of Heaven seems so far away on a day when the spirits dip down a bit from the holiday. What we tend to forget is that Christmas was a beginning and not an ending. Jesus had come. The Savior walked...er, would grow up to walk the earth! Sometimes, God's beginnings are marked by wonders and emotional fireworks, but then the next day brings what looks like nothing the daily grind. Of course, we shouldn't feel that way!
Imagine Heaven and the great wedding feast of the Lamb. Do you anticipate having a 'next day' where you look at eternity with a feeling of being let down hard? No, that would be ridiculous. The wedding feast is a beginning. Jesus and His bride sealed for eternity. We look forward to ever increasing joy as we spend eternity with our Lord. Christmas too was a beginning, and it is today. We must shake off the sorrows and put on the joys of living in Christ. Have a merry Christmas every day of the year!
Bucky
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