Secrets

So what's your Christmas secret? Have you been naughty or nice, or have you been nice and naughty? What are you hiding? We often have trouble keeping secrets from each other so we begin our Christmas shopping about two weeks ahead of time. Hiding stuff is just too tough. Other people manage to shop all year never revealing what they bought until Christmas Day.

It is no secret that advertising messages at Christmas are so enticing and so overwhelming, yet, we fall for them every year. It's the one time of year when we cast the budget aside to buy an extraordinary amount of gifts for those we love. It's a festive time of parties, lunches, and dinners. Other than retail, most businesses operate in neutral from a few days before Christmas until the new year begins about a week later.

For millions of people around the world, Christmas is an opportunity to celebrate the birth of Jesus, born in secret two thousand years ago in Bethlehem. More and more people today openly share their faith in Jesus Christ while others keep their faith a secret. But whatever secrets you chose to share this year at Christmas, I trust you will either take the opportunity to share Jesus Christ with someone, or if someone chooses to share that secret with you, please listen. It could mean the opportunity of a lifetime, or more.

Please have a wonderful day of celebration, and feel free to share the real secret of Christmas.