Missing amid the tat!

I'll be honest I am not the biggest fan of Christmas for me as somebody who is Neuro-Distinct it is just complete sensory overload and it leaves me feeling drained. That's one of the reasons I always insisted on a book as a present so I could escape the whole thing once I'd unwrapped it.

Working as I do in a retail environment (also see the word 'Torment') has made me realise more and more how the reason for the season - the incarnation of Jesus, has been well and truly lost in the western world. Where else you can find people celebrating the season of goodwill by getting so drunk they can't recall a single thing or taking part in the pre-holiday war-game that is shopping.

There are moments when I honestly wonder if when presented the truth of Christ's coming most people would turn their noses up at it as if it were an over-boiled sprout. For some perhaps the Saviour gets a dusting down once a year like the artificial tree in the form of the annual visit to church. Then only to complain about how cold the building is; why was the bloke up the front talking about God of all things at this time of year and the possibility to do a bit of Victorian style karaoke to a few carols? Of course that is only if there is nothing else better on the TV.

For me this disconnect was highlighted yesterday at work where some colleagues were arranging yet another festive display and one of them asked 'There is something missing, I don't know what though.'

JESUS! That's who's missing! The monetising if yet another event in His church's calendar has been done to death by unbelief fuelled by commercialism. The thing is that God ordained Jesus' birth so that whosoever accepts Him as Saviour through His death and resurrection will be rewarded with eternal life with Him upon passing from this world. Jesus also promised that when He returns to this earth it will be as its judge. It is good to remember that God always keeps His promises, just don't be the one that is missing Jesus when he returns.