Christmas

Oh no Art! No you're not going to-oh yes I am. If any of you know me well enough, I love Christmas. And Christmas is coming!!! YEEEEEEHAAAAA!!! If it wasn't for Jesus there wouldn't be Christmas-Theology 101. We wouldn't have insanely cool or corny decoration and don't forget the lights. On SpongeBob Squarepants, SpongeBob first learns about Chrrrriiissssstmasss (Go watch the episode) and begins the process of being prepared for Christmas and Santa. He gets all of Bikini Bottom caught up in his childlike banter. Well, the point I'm making is that the last few years I've not had the silly, sappy spirit that I usually have. This year I think that is going to change. Leah and I have wondered how are we going to afford Christmas this year with things pretty tight. Well, can we afford not to have Christmas ? As parents we want to be able to buy the best and the coolest stuff for our kids. Or, investing vast amounts of money and electricity on lighting up your neighborhood (don't misread me that stuff is cool). I think the concept of Christmas transcends far beyond what we see-It's sacrifice. Yeah, we think of that at Easter. Christmas? of course. It's God coming down as a man to end up being nailed to a cross and three days later rising from the dead so that we all could have a fellowship with Real, Living God that loves Christmas as much as we do. Christ is Christmas. WOOOHOOO!!!!!! You know what, we're going to have a Christmas no matter what. It's all good.