He has finally come!

Some of the questions I am compelled to ask myself this Christmas: 

How am I truly entering into the mystery that is Christ's birth, 

Christ's Incarnation finally becoming visible to the world?

How am I rejoicing?

Why must I rejoice?

How can Christmas affect me day to day: 

today, tomorrow, or a month from now?

These, and many more questions should arise from a heart seeking to know more and more their Savior and the splendor of His birth in a humble manger in the little town of Bethlehem.

But how do we answer them? How do I focus on the birth of a little child so many centuries ago in a culture I am so ignorant of? 

I cannot answer these questions for you. They must be answered by your own meditation on the season. But I challenge you to. I challenge you to not allow another Christmas to go by without some thought on allowing this time to strengthen your relationship with the Christ child. Believe me, I have let too many pass by as if they were nothing different from the following day, or even the following holiday. I have allowed Christmas to become a holiday instead of what it really is. Don't let this happen to you. Go find Him in the manager of your heart, in the desolation and poverty that can only become filled and blessed by He who is the true gift of this season.