Friday, November 23, 2012

An Old Fashioned, Spiritual Christmas

Thanksgiving has came and gone and is a now cherished memory in our hearts.  Christmas is still a few weeks away, but the rush of activities has began.  Here is an interesting quote on Advent.  What a fantastic time to be still as we await the joy and celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.

"What has happened to the old-fashioned, spiritual Christmas? The cause is our disregard of Advent. The church set aside this four-week pre-Christmas season as a time of spiritual preparation for Christ’s coming. It is a time of quiet anticipation. If Christ is going to come again into our hearts, there must be repentance. Without repentance, our hearts will be so full of worldly things that there will be ‘no room in the inn’ for Christ to be born again.…We have the joy not of celebration. Which is the joy of Christmas, but the joy of anticipation."

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