The Trouble with Jesus is his birth shows God’s plan is not to fix everything that is wrong in the world, but to meet all the wrong in the world with Love.
Connie, you have brilliantly captured the struggle that the Christmas we have created, contrasts with the first Christmas and its implications for God’s plan. The wild card for me, that always seems illusive to me is the idea of God and Christmas being all about “Love”. But how is “love” defined? Whose definition do you buy into? What is God’s working definition of love.? How does it contrast or compare with how we define love? Don’t misunderstand me here, no one on the planet loves Christmas as much as I do. I start playing carols after Labor Day. I love the decorations (and cookies). I struggle not to let the loveliness of Christmas as we have created, obscure the godly love that Christmas is all about. As you have indicated, Christmas is about God’s plan for us, not about our plan for God. Thanks for this message.
Connie, you have brilliantly captured the struggle that the Christmas we have created, contrasts with the first Christmas and its implications for God’s plan. The wild card for me, that always seems illusive to me is the idea of God and Christmas being all about “Love”. But how is “love” defined? Whose definition do you buy into? What is God’s working definition of love.? How does it contrast or compare with how we define love? Don’t misunderstand me here, no one on the planet loves Christmas as much as I do. I start playing carols after Labor Day. I love the decorations (and cookies). I struggle not to let the loveliness of Christmas as we have created, obscure the godly love that Christmas is all about. As you have indicated, Christmas is about God’s plan for us, not about our plan for God. Thanks for this message.