Christmas

So this is Christmas, as the song goes.

i spent awhile trying to think of something profound or meaningful or bold to write about. It seemed like this day deserved it, it seemed like it needed something more. But there is just nothing more than the simple here. But i guess that is ok. Because Christmas really is a simple thing. It's been made complicated by us...but really, it should be very simple.

God lowered himself and came to earth, and even if it did not happen on this exact day, it is still the day we have chosen to celebrate this on, and that is why Christmas exists. Admist the hectic business and brightness and colors of this day, it is easy to forget the point of Christmas. I do it all the time. But then...when the day is about done, and all the gifts are open and family seen, and the house is finally still and silent with floors decorated in piles of colorful papers, bows and presents...then i make myself remember, and i sit in awe for timeless minutes.

God came to earth to save a world that is destroying itself. God - huge, wonderful, and in need of no one...came to live among us, to grow up with us, to experience the same pains and hurts and joys and love that we feel. And ultimately to set us free. Freedom, freedom, freedom. God saved us and gave us a precious and wonderful freedom.

i love the snow at Christmas. It doesn't seem like Christmas to me if there is not white snow. I find it ironic as i watch large and wet white snowflakes drift wordlessly into a serene world of white all around. Ironic because it is more than just our physical world that has been colored white. Know this.

Merry Christmas.