As I thought about the term, money making season, I begin to feel sorrowful.I had always been raised with the reality that the Christmas season was about Jesus, but the message of hope and love had been overshadowed by a man who was too fat to get down a chimney we didn’t have and a reindeer with a red nose.Community kitchens work overtime to accommodate the volume of donations that they would only receive in that size at this time of year.And people look for someone to help among the many people that have been crying out for attention and support all year long.

Now I completely understand that Thanksgiving and Christmas are days we have set aside to observe important invents in not only our nation but our faith. But, I think we have forgotten what those days really mean. We are Gods children, called to do Gods work, but we are so busy trying to keep up with the traditions and rituals that we forget to remember to keepthe Spirit of Christ all the other days of the year, practicing the spirit of what the season means in our normal everyday life.

We chant, “Jesus is the reason for the season”, choose thanksgiving to be thankful and show thanks and beg others to post the ‘Keep the Christ in Christmas’ message on their face book page.How much of that goes thru our heads on a daily basis?How much of that do we do all year around?Why ask someone to remember Christ at Christmas when they don’t even bring him to service on Sunday?

Jesus is more than the reason for the season but the reason for living as it is.We are his people called by His name. It’s good to gather with family for the holidays, but don’t forget to keep the spirit of what happened on that night that the virgin Mary gave birth to our savior all year round.His birth and even his death is the principle upon which our faith is hinged on.He is that rock that we are built on. If you live Christmas on the other 364 days, then that one day should not be so hectic now should it?