Sharing Christmas

It was another Christmas that did not feel like Christmas. It was getting tedious. During the week I had listened, while men smiled, as they credited their wives with all the gift shopping, wives saying they were depressed, because they had been left with all the work. I saw very few shops with decorations in place. To cap off the whole week, members of my own family wanted plans changed at the last minute to suit themselves. “God, why is Christmas such a chore?” I prayed.

Then, I saw the most common picture associated with Christmas. It was Joseph walking all the way to Bethlehem, leading a donkey, which was carrying a very pregnant Mary. They shared the workload! 

If we are to believe the romantic stories of Christmas’ past, all the members of the family worked together, to make sure everyone else in the family was cared for. I thought back to the many Christmas experiences I had as a child. The memories included all the adults working together.  The men helped each other get the outside chores done, the women chatted, while they prepared the meals, as the children played together outside. 

The birth of Jesus would not have happened, without the “Trinity” working together. “’For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16). Christmas presents the greatest opportunity to tell the politically correct world about the love of Jesus. Yet, it seems to me, that we could easily let the opportunity slip through our fingers.  

Yes, if God allows it, we will get another opportunity next year. Let’s start planning now to share the greatest story ever by working together.