Well here we are on Christmas eve. Today is shopping day for me. Adrenaline flowing through my veins as I dash from store to store to get gifts for my family. Also my SMU Mustangs are making their first bowl appearance in 25 years. Go Ponies beat Nevada. But Christmas Eve also gives us a reason to pause for a moment and consider the gift given us by God, this Christmas Season, namely his Son, Jesus. With parties, shopping, gifts, choir preparations, we forget to just reflect on the joy from this Gift God gave us on Christmas Day. For Christians, Christmas is the day we commemorate the incarnation of God. When God became flesh and lived with us for 33 short years. Many in this world do not believe this. For them Christmas must seem like silliness. But to the Christian, this is the day that changed the World. People at times say that the world would be better off without religion. But for those who believe what Christ taught us, the world is a mess anyway, whether Christ had come or had not come. And Christians are still human and still have their faults and have their issues. The difference though is that Christ gave us a connection with the Almighty. Christ gave us hope for a better tomorrow. Christians do not become suicide bombers. Christians will say when they are wronged, “he or she is answerable to God for that”. And guess what, without accepting the gift of Christ being answerable to God means a terrible eternity. I invite all to read the Gospel of Matthew this Holiday Season. Merry Christmas.