about looking up at Christmas…

Luke 2:10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. (NIV)

Our lot in life often makes us look down in defeat, suffering, and pain. We look down when we have times of loss. Christmas is a time for looking up. At Christmas we look up at a Christmas tree, we look up at other decorations, and we think about the star and angels above appearing to shepherds tending their flock. We look up at Christmas, for Christmas is a time of hope for the future. Christmas hope is not the hope of politics or economics. Christmas hope is eternal leading us to a time when time will be no more. Christmas hope calls us to look up to God in wonder and awe at sending us a baby to melt our heart. Christ came into the world to turn our sadness into joy. Christ came into the world to turn our depression into elation. Christ came into the world to get us to look up to Him in love and adoration. We can look up at Christmas because we know Christ is up there in heaven as well as being down here within our heart.