Christmas Morning

Every year I get grumpy faces from loved ones when asked this all too familiar question:

What would you like for Christmas?

I usually say "Nothing. I can't think of anything. Let me get back to you."

I just do not want anything.

It's not that I do not like presents.

It's that can you think of something under a tree that truly satisfied you?

Can you think of a gift your received last Christmas?

Or maybe 5 Christmas days ago?

Perhaps you can remember, but presents are delightful but they do not satisfy us like the eternal life Christ gives us.

On Christmas morning, it is so wonderful to see small children smile and run and get excited and delighted. However, the older we get, the less "wonder" we feel or experience. 

We are not small children and we are not counting down the days until Dec 25 like we once did as a child. Instead, we have a longing for true joy and for year long, lifelong wonder that is an ache you can't shake.

Only God. Only Yahweh. Only Christ Himself who is both the Son of God and Creator (Elohim) can satisfy us. 

 "Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days."

Psalm 90:14

I am not trying to make Christmas morning out to be a bummer. I love when kids are excited. And families read scripture and recall how awesome it was that the wise men brought gold, frankincense and myrrh to Jesus- our Prophet, Priest and King. 

However, I am trying to redirect our gaze to the true Gift of God. 

God Himself. Christ -the Chief cornerstone!