Hmmm..."It's the most wonderful time of time of the year."

Is it wonderful because of all the gifts that are given? The amazingly scrumptious food that we consume around this time of year (by the way, did you know that, according to a newspaper article, the average American gains 1-2 pounds during the Christmas season?) Is it the time spent with family? Is it the weather (be it hot or cold, depending on where you've grown up) that makes it seem like Christmas? Is it the brief break from schoolwork?

Here at school, we've been studying about Christ and various aspects of His Person, including His incarnation. The timing could not have been better: as Christmas approaches, to learn in more detail what was involved in order for Christ to come to earth is incredible. Just think: Christ--the Creator of all things!--came to earth in the form of a helpless, human baby, dependent on His human mother! One of the names given to Him in the Bible is Emmanuel, which means "God with us." He became no less God when He came to earth--He was fully God, yet He walked among men and lived among them (John 1:14). He humbled Himself by adding humanity to His undiminished deity.

Yes, it is the most wonderful time of the year.

" For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:11