CHRISTMAS IS LOVE
Today's reading: 2 John

Every commercial. Every Hallmark movie. Every retailer. Every recipe. Every children's program. Every holiday open house. Every Christmas song. Every charity. Everything about Christmas, from the secular to the holy, wants us to be reminded of the fact that Christmas is love.

Some of us, however, have a hard time understanding what they're trying to convey.

We know love has nothing to do with a price tag or money spent.

We know love has little to do with gushing emotion or weepy plots.

We question how much of the change we throw in the red bucket warms the heart of the needy.

We have all experienced human love, the kind that has failed to be returned or to be genuine.

We are well aware of the lyrics that speak of the Baby in the manger and the ones relating to the red-nosed member of the deer family.

A real definition of Christmas love? I think I've found it and it has little to do with economy, tinsel or melodies that stay in your head year round...

"Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning." 2 John 6 NLT