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The Christmas season is here again. Christmas decorations are up in the streets and shopping areas, Christmas music fills the air, and store windows are filled with Christmas displays and gift ideas.
As I stood in front of one store window and watched a band of animated elves dance and play on little tin horns, I wondered what such a scene had to do with Christmas, the birthday of Jesus, God’s Son. Why had the store chosen elves over a nativity scene?
Then it struck me: many people fantasize about Santa Claus and elves because they find it hard to believe the Christmas story. Why would God choose to reveal Himself to us in human form? That seems irrational, illogical, but that’s exactly what God did. When God wanted to manifest His infinite love for us, He sent it in a tiny baby, who in manhood would teach us God’s ways and lead us back to Him. That is a deep and wonderful truth—and something we can really celebrate.
Virginia Brandt Berg (1886-1968) was a well-known American evangelist, and one of the first radio evangelists in America. She authored “The Hem of His Garment” and “Streams That Never Run Dry” and a series of inspirational radio programs titled “Meditation Moments.”
