“Now”
Rev. Dr. Karen Schuder
Christmas Eve, 2018
Text: Luke 2:1-20

Now it is Christmas Eve. Now we are celebrating the gift of God’s love in the birth of Jesus. Now it is time for singing Christmas Carols, for being with family, for eating good food. Bring on the holiday traditions, smiles and meals. Yes, Christmas is a time to celebrate, but it is also so much more. Yet how often expectations based on what we see Christmas as the perfect time for the perfect gifts and meal with the perfect family can make it hard to see and experience the more of Christmas. What we want to see shapes how we see and it is only when we let go of expectations that we can really see the beauty of what Christmas means for us now.