Please just leave Christmas alone…………….

Well, after all, it is December 1st. Every year around this time, for the last number of years, the atheists and agnostics role out their attack on Christmas. They demand, and even sometimes sue to keep us from using the word Christmas, or display the manger or any other “religious” symbol in relation to Christmas. They would much prefer we wish other a Happy Holiday Season, or spell Christmas,
Xmas.

I know this is America and you can believe and practice your belief of anything, except Christianity. If you practice any other faith, no one will attack you for displaying the symbol of your faith, singing the songs of your celebration, and spell the holiday anyway you would like. Not if you are a Christian. But there is a very good reason for all of this. It’s Christ.
If you use that name or the name Jesus in every day conversation, “some” people will freak out.
Why? Because even the name carries incredible power. Jesus was and is the real deal. Unlike the other characters in history, he was a real man and really God’s Son. If you have any doubt, I challenge you to read the wonderful book by C.S. Lewis called Mere Christianity. In it Lewis tells how he came to the conclusion that Jesus could not have possibly been anyone except who He claimed to be, God’s Only Son. The book makes an incredible case for anyone that cannot accept this without proof.

But why do some people fight so hard to not believe? Simple, if you accept that Jesus is who He said He was. If you accept that He actually died for you, not just for mankind (though He did that too), but for YOU. Then you have no choice but to fall on your knees and lay your life before Him. Many people are running as hard as they can from having to do that. They fear what they will loose, or have to give up. Strange that they don’t consider how much they have to gain, everything.

So my humble advice is, read C.S. Lewis’ book, then have a little talk with the guy you’ve been denying exists, that should just about fix things right up…..

and by the way, Merry Christmas,

the pilgrim