[Faith-talk] Fwd: SF Daily Devotional - Forgotten At Christmas

[eric calhoun]

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> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:09:47 -0500 (EST)
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> Subject: SF Daily Devotional - Forgotten At
> Christmas
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> Saturday, December 22, 2007
> 
> 
> Forgotten At Christmas
> Alan Riley 
> 
> My father was born on this day- December 22. For his
> entire life, he was always getting "combination"
> presents - birthday and Christmas. Every year on his
> birthday, there weren't balloons and birthday
> streamers. His birthday decorations were Christmas
> trees, Christmas lights and Santa Claus stuff. When
> he did get a separate present for Christmas, chances
> are it would be wrapped with... you guessed it-
> Christmas paper. 
> 
> I remember him telling me how as a child he couldn't
> help but feel a little cheated. People were so busy
> celebrating Christmas that his birthday got
> overlooked.
> 
> A couple of years ago, I saw a cartoon in the
> Atlanta paper that really touched my heart and made
> me think. It was drawn by Mike Luckovich, the
> Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist for the
> Atlanta Journal and Constitution. It showed a little
> girl with a birthday hat on standing in the middle
> of a sea of gaudy Christmas decorations. The
> dejected looking little girl says, "You know, when
> your birthday comes at Christmas time, people just
> forget all about it."
> 
> Standing behind the little girl, looking equally
> sad, is Jesus. 
> 
> "Tell me about it," he says.
> 
> Just like the little girl in the cartoon - and my
> dad in real life - Jesus' birthday is all too often
> forgotten about because of Christmas. How ironic!
> What started out as an observance of His birth has
> somehow morphed into gaudy decorations, parties,
> shopping, songs about decking halls and jingling
> bells, and some vague acknowledgment of peace on
> earth and good will among men.
> 
> The real Christmas is remembering the greatest and
> most costly gift we will ever be given. It is when
> we stop to take in the awe of the only child Who
> ever chose to be born. It is when we stop to
> remember this child would soon also choose to give
> His life up. For you. For me.
> 
> Let's purpose in our hearts that this year we won't
> get so caught up in Christmas that we forget Jesus'
> birthday.
> 
> 
> Rev. Alan Riley is the Director of Web Operations
> for Streaming Faith and serves as the Managing
> Editor of StreamingFaith.com. He is an ordained
> Baptist Minister and a frequent contributor to the
> Streaming Faith Daily Devotional. His personal blog
> can be found at www.alansblog.com. 
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I know the text is at the end of this message, but I
want all of you to remember the true Meaning, because
the Reason for the Season is Christ!

Eric


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