THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER...

What would it take this year to make this Christmas the best Christmas ever?

Further, how would you really know? What’s the criterion or standard that would allow you to look back at this Christmas and say, “That one… December 2008… That was the best Christmas ever…”

I can guarantee you this... It’s not in the stuff we get… It’s not in the food we eat… It’s not even the moments we create or the feelings we experience…

What if we made a decision that we were going to do Christmas different? What if we decided to take Christmas back? What if we made a decision that we were going to pursue an alternative to the see more, want more, buy more, have more, shop more, wrap more, break more, rush more, get disappointed more INSANITY that our worlds calls, “Christmas”?

What if we made a decision that we were going to REFLECT the motive that launched the first Christmas?

Philippians 2 describes how we can make it happen.

Philippians 2:3 (NIV), Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

Philippians 2:4-8 (NLT), 5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
6 Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. 7 Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, 8 he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.

Philippians 2:14-16 (NIV), Do everything without complaining or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe 16 as you hold out the word of life—in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing.

This morning the a2 creative team put together a series of photos that when they came together on a presentation board provided a dramatic illustration of how we can reflect the love of Christ to our world.

What do you say? Let's make this the best Christmas ever.