Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven

Today is the end of the Christmas Season. Some people call it the Twelfth Day of Christmas. The church year instructs us that the celebration of the birth of our Savior deserves to be our focus for more that just one day. That is why all the decorations that point us to His birth are still up in our churches, as they are in our home and in many of yours, too. Tomorrow Cheryl and I will start taking them down and storing them until the end of this year when they will be put out again. A time and a season for everything.

We are moving on to a new season with the arrival of Epiphany. While our focus changes, we do not forget what we know and what has happened. The church year is designed to help us remember that Jesus was born for us, Jesus lived for us, Jesus died for us, and Jesus rose from the dead for us. Our lives are to be lived in the context of and in response to this Good News.

One season ends today and another begins tomorrow. While the birth of Jesus will not be our focus in the coming season, it is still a reality in our lives that brings us good news of great joy. Merry Christmas to you all.