Christmas Time Is Here

It really feels like Christmas and I absolutely love this time of year! Everything just feels so touched with love. I could listen to Christmas music everyday from now until Christmas day and still feel warm inside whenever I hear "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" or "Hang all the mistletoe, I'm gonna get to know you better this Christmas".  I love ALL Christmas music! One of my favorites is: 

Don't get so busy that you miss
Giving just a little kiss
To the ones you love
Don't even wait a little while
To give them a little smile
A little is enough

How many people are crying
People are dying...
How many people are asking for love

Don't save it all for Christmas Day
Find a way
To give a little love everyday
Don't save it all for Christmas Day
Find your way
Cause holidays have come and gone
But love lives on
If you give on
Love...

How could you wait another minute
A hug is warmer when you're in it
And Baby that's a fact
And saying "I love you's" always better
Seasons, reasons, they don't matter
So don't hold back
How many people in this world
So needful in this world
How many people are praying for love

Don't save it all for Christmas Day
Find a way
To give a little love everyday
Don't save it all for Christmas Day
Find your way
Cause holidays have come and gone
But love lives on
If you give on
Love...

Let all the children know
Everywhere that they go
Their whole life long
Let them know love

I love this song because it really is how we should act all year long. Pastor Mark began a series entitled "Gift" this week and he said something that was really interesting. He said that God gave us the best gift and we are called to re-gift.  We need to tell people and share the love and GRACE that God has given us.  Sure, it's awesome giving presents to people we love, but throughout the year we should find joy in sharing the gift of grace with those around us. 

I welcome in the Christmas season, but I pray it is not just a season for us.  It's cliche, but it can feel like Christmas all year long if we rethink the idea that giving only involves material things.  The true Spirit of Christmas is finding Joy in sharing the most important gift and accepting that ourselves.