Christmas Truth

Well, I survived the Christmas season yet another year…I’m not talking about the ‘church stuff,’ though that can sometimes get me down. I am speaking of all the other 'stuff' that goes on in our world. For instance, I heard Cheech & Chong tell the story of Santa Clause on a local radio station for the first time (since then I have found another station to listen to). The sketch had to be 35 years old but I had not heard it until now. I heard those barking dogs, and of course that proverbial favorite, “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” (I wonder if it was from that nativity scene in Florida?). I am trying hard not to rant, but I must confess it is hard…hard because there is so much more to this day than the world will recognize. The sad part is there are children and likely others whose first introduction to one of the most holy days of the year was so perverted by our world that they may never come to know the truth it holds. I am reminded of Paul’s words, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” Ephesians 6:12. Truer words have never been spoken!