11th Day of Christmas

Well here it is the 11th day of the end of the Season of Christmas is drawing near.  I want to post a portion of a sermon not given a couple of years ago by Oklahoma City minister,  Rev. Scott Jones.  Powerful words and ones I want to contemplate as we enter a new year of service to Christ.

So the question we must ask ourselves today is not whether we want peace and goodwill, because most everyone says they want those things right before they run over you getting to the checkout line at Target. This is the best time of year because most people voice these high ideals and even live them out in ways that they don’t normally. But to accept the warm fuzzies of Christmas is not to be a Christian. The question before us is “Do we really want Christ to be born anew in us?” Because that means committing ourselves not to the warm fuzzies of this holiday, but to the way of peace that leads through the cross.

“Do we really want Christ to be born anew in us?” 

Isn't that the question that we dare not seriously ask ourselves?!