It has been quite a while since I have taken the time to write anything. As we approach the time of year that we remember Advent and Christmas, I thought that I would spend some time reflecting on this season. Already many people have put up their lights and decorations. Stores have put all their Christmas displays up and pre-black Friday sales are on-going.
It is easy for one to get so caught up in the hectic time that one forgets about spending time reflecting on what this season is all about. I know that I will be preaching this Sunday on Christ the King. This Sunday is the last Sunday of the Christian year. The year begins with Advent where we await not the birth but the return of Jesus. So often Advent becomes compressed to maybe one or two Sundays and then everyone wants to sing Christmas Carols and put out the manger scene. The second season of the year is Christmas and Epiphany. This is the time that we remember Jesus and spend time with Jesus as he grows in his ministry. Lent and Easter time are another season when we remember the sacrifice that Christ made for us. Pentecost and Kingdom time speak to the church. It all ends with the remembering that all seasons of the year and of our lives is found in Christ. Our submission to Christ makes it possible to enjoy and at times endure the seasons of our lives.
On our marquee at the church, the sign states, "We don't change the message, the message changes us." I believe it is so important in a world seeking constant change often for change sake that we remember that in Christ and in God there is a constant message to us that never changes. How we receive can change but not so much that change becomes the end. It can only be the means to the message that all things are possible and come from the Will of God.
For me, I need to keep myself in the word so that I stay connected in my relationship with God. The more that I do that the more I am able to enjoy the seasons of my life.
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