The past few years I feel like I have not really taken full advantage of the Christmas season. Maybe I’m just getting older and the responsibilities of work and family don’t allow me hours upon hours to sit and watch Christmas movies on TBS all during this season. I told my wife a few weeks ago something like this, “I don’t want to miss it. I want to go all out.”

For me this means getting in the Christmas spirit. I want to listen to Christmas music and watch Christmas movies. There’s just nothing like Christmas! The whole world revolves around the Christmas season as people put up lights, get a little nicer, play Christmas music in their stores, and just enjoy the benefits of the Christmas season. I love Christmas if you can’t tell.

However, if I’m giving an honest assessment of how I’m doing this year, I think I’m falling into the same trap as the other years. My wife and I have watched, “Miracle on 34th Street” and I did catch the end of “Home Alone 2” the other day, but I still don’t feel I’ve taken full advantage of this season so far. I’ve not listened to a lot of Christmas music and not once, I tell you, not once have I taken a trip to the old school and listened to Amy Grant’s classic, “A Tender Tennessee Christmas.” Yes, the Christmas season is passing away and I may be missing it again.

How much worse would it be for us to go through Christmas and miss Jesus. Yes, we’ve listened to all the songs, watched all the movies, drank all the cider, but have left out Jesus. I want to encourage you to not miss Christ in the midst of CHRISTmas. It seems funny to say, but how many of us are doing that very thing? Is it all about the presents and feelings and not about the Savior who we celebrate? I encourage you to not miss Jesus this Christmas. Take some time and figure out how you and your family will celebrate Jesus this year above all. Don’t miss Him this Christmas!