Make Christmas different this year

Before you know it Christmas will have come and gone. Soon everyone will be thinking of their resolution and how 2010 will be different.

Ever wonder how Christmas could be different this year? Well I am going to try something and I invite you to join with me and this experiment. We will look at Christmas in different ways, the book I picked up to help with this is "The 12 Ways of Christmas". So between now and Christmas Eve I will blog about each day. I challenge you to join me and see if we can make this Christmas a little different than the past ones.

Amazingly the first day is Wonder!

When you see children this time of year you cant help but notice that they approach Christmas a little different than us adults. You can see the Wonder that they have in the twinkle in their eyes. Everything from Wondering what Santa will bring them this year, if they made the nice list or not, to wondering how Santa gets to all the homes in just one night? So like a child lets wonder about this season, but instead of Santa lets wonder about Jesus.
Why did Jesus come to earth? What was it like to be Mary or Joesph? How does faith look similar (or different) back then compared to now? How could God love each of us so much that he came to this earth as a child?

So many of us get caught up into the business of Christmas that we never take the time to really enjoy this time of our lives. So spend some time today Wondering!
There were a lot of people that first Christmas who Wondered
Mary wondered how a virgin was going to give birth? Joseph wondered why he and Mary were chosen? Read the following passages to see more wonder...Luke 1:18, 1:34, 2:13-15, 2:19, 2:25-32, 2:33-35, 2:36-38

So now you and I. What would our lives have looked like if we lived 2,000 years ago? What about now? How can Wondering what the season is really about, change us? You'll agree that it isn't about the presents, trees and food. You have heard "The reason for the season". If that is true why do we spend so much time "falling" into what Christmas isn't about?

For this Christmas to be different, you will need to take time today and Wonder like a child about the real reason for the season