Excited or Exhausted?

The big news of today is...It's one month until Christmas!!!



Reaction One.

Oh no we've got another month of this hype, we've had a month or two already, it's getting in the way of my life.



Reaction Two

oh yeah, oh yeah, Christmas is nearly here, I'm so excited I'm going to pop, I just can't wait, I need to do some more shopping!



Christmas seems to bring out two extreme reaction. For me, I sit on the fence. It is without doubt an extraordinary time of year, a chance to get off the treadmill and spend time doing things that for the rest of the year keeps on getting pushed back on the list of priorities. But there is also a false hope, to believe that life is great and wonderful, just isn't reality, pushing all those problems weather personal or otherwise to the side hoping that with a new year they will somehow disappear.



So how do I deal with Christmas? I have to look at Jesus, a king with an eternal reign, born on the maternity wing of a farm!



Not glamorous but with a purpose, and that is how he lived his life. Jesus while on earth was rooted in reality but with his sight on a world to come.



As you prepare for Christmas, may you be excited about all that Jesus offers.



Looking forward to seeing you at the next event - Jon