This coming Sunday will mark the 3rd Sunday in Advent. On the church calendar Advent begins with the 4th Sunday before Christmas day and ends on Christmas eve. The word Advent means "coming" or "arrival" and I am reminded of the words to a song by Brian Doerksen:
Come now is the time to worship
Come now is the time to give your heart
Come just as you are to worship
Come just as you are before your God
Come.
Christmas is a time to make preparations to celebrate the first Advent of the Christ child and to hope and pray for the second advent, when Chirst will return again with His heavenly kingdom. Come let us make preparations in ourselves and our churches; let us turn away from the extravagence that has become Christmas and turn instead towards God.
Ask yourself are we truly celebrating the birth of God's own son on earth or are we celebrating a holiday some might still refer to as Christmas. Come.
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