Every year at Christmas you always hear people begin to discuss as to whether Christians should decorate their homes. You'll hear some say, "After all - that's giving in to pagan traditions." Or..."You're helping to
commercialize the season."
You want to know what I think? Well, I'm going to tell you anyway! I say...decorate your home & hearth to the max!! Decorating your home at Christmas is neither surrendering to pagan traditions nor is it submitting
to commercialism.
I like what Jack Hayford says...
"If God commissioned angels to roll back the night and fill it with blazing light.
If God provided a mighty celestial choir to serenade a few startled shepherds.
If God graced the heavens with a miracle star.
If God arranged such a memorable entry point as a feeding trough in a stable.
If God went to all this trouble to open our eyes to His entry into our world, then we needn't apologize for
festooning our home with a few seasonal reminders."
Since the Light of the World has come, the lights strung across the front porch only 'shout it from the housetop'!!
Candles & carols, stars & starlight, gifts and giving, lights and lightheartedness, angel cookies and wise-men ornaments - ALL are consistent with what transpired on our little planet 2000 years ago.
So, present your decorating and decorations to the Lord as a tribute to Him!
Pray before you decorate.
Worship as you decorate.
Give thanks after you decorate.
"Whatever you do or say, let it be as a representative of the Lord Jesus, all the while giving thanks through Him to God the Father." - Colossians 3:17 (NLT)
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