What Is It Like To Commercialize Christmas

Christmas is a holiday that has different meanings to different people. To some people it is a time of rejoicing, happiness, and Hope. They gather with family to enjoy the blessings of the past year and being together. Christmas radiates throughout the house. There is the smell of food cooking, the smell of pie warming up in the oven. The house is covered in all sort of decorations, some that have been passed down thorough out the generations. The Christmas tree illuminates the family room, with its lights and decorations. Hanging from the tree is that one piece of heirloom that was given by a very special person. Next, to the heirloom hangs the note written by child, filled with thanksgiving and a hope for a Christmas gift that is desired.

It is not my intention to move any one to guilt. However, I do not wish to romanticize this story of Christmas, in order that we may feel better. The reality is that our world is filled with brokenness and hopelessness. There are families that have been displaced this day. This day is no different from any other day for some. We would fool ourselves to think that everything is fine so long as we do not witness it. Dare I say the story of Christmas has been hijacked by commercialism? If we buy or provide every family with a gift or toy, then everything will be made right in their lives. No, this is not the story of Christmas it is far from

The Child has come and he is Jesus. Christ is come. Did you hear me, let me repeat it a second time Christ is come? What does mean, he came in the past, he is present today, and he will present in the future. Why is this important, it is important because Christ is still providing hope to our world in the midst of despair? The Kingdom of Christ continues to reign in the lives of his people and continues to break into the kingdoms of this world. This is the story of Advent; it is a story of Hope.

The great light will bring hope to the people, but who is this great light. Let us look at the passage to identify the light in order that we may know who brings us