Christmas is a Season that suggests profound changes in the lives of many people. Just think about The Holy Family and all the changes they went through.
A young, single teenage girl who saw an angel and was informed that she had been chosen to bear the Messiah through pregnancy despite the fact that she had never been sexually involved with a man. Radical change!
Her betrothed husband who was waiting a year to marry her faces an angel and learns he is to be the step-father of the Messiah. He agrees and takes this enormous burden like a real man.
Shepherds in the fields are shaken out of their sleep to receive the Messiah and Wise Men who practiced astrology and worshipped false gods were confronted with the opportunity to meet with and worship the true God.
But the biggest change of all was God becoming human in what we call, "The Incarnation". This is a massive and almost completely overwhelming event for both God and Humanity.
What changes are you expecting this Christmas? God is not going to leave you the same as you were before Christ comes.
One of the most powerful conversion stories in history occurs in Dickens' story called The Christmas Carol". scrooge was totally transformed into a new many. That is God at work so watch out.
Next time, Scrooge's conversion.
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