What If Christmas Didn't Come From A Store?

This well-known Dr Seuss line prompts us to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. We all gain enormous pleasure from giving gifts and Christmas is a special time where we come together with families and friends to give to one another. But have the gifts and the celebration obscured the greatest gift of all, the gift of a baby that came to bring peace, hope and love into the world? Where is the baby born in a stable of animals in our Christmas?

Sharing the promises of unconditional love and hope that came through the birth of Jesus can be the greatest gift we can give. We have a God who was born simply, sat with the outcasts and knew joy, love and pain. He comes to us as our special guest on Christmas and sits with us just as we are.