SUZANNE
Some things just should not happen. The fact that it is March and my
Christmas tree is still up is one of them! The Christmas decorations are
down, and we have been through a season of Mardi Gras where beads
decorated a tree topped with a feathered mask. Now we have a Holiday tree
decorated with a combination of stale candy canes, colored lights, and
beads, in need of being removed. We are not fooling anyone that our
Christmas tree hasn’t come down!
Isn’t that how sin penetrates our lives? Perhaps there is something that was
alright in the beginning - but has become something it shouldn’t -
Something that should obviously be removed. Yet we look at it and try to
disguise or decorate it. We call it something other than sin, and try to hide
it from God. Hebrews 4:13 tells us that nothing in all of creation is hidden
from His sight. Everything is exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must
give account.
Confess your sin, take down your Christmas trees, and live a life pleasing to
God the Father, creator of every good and perfect gift.
For Central United Methodist Church, I am Suzanne Cain.
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