Endless Winter

A preacher opened up his message with this question, “what time is it?” Everyone in the audience looked around confused and wondered what he was referring to, with no context he asked different people that same question. He went on to talk about different time zones and it confused us all even more. Then he proceeded to give us context, he was referring to “The Chronicles of Narnia”; so what does this book series have to do with a sermon, I asked myself the same question. He continued to tell us that in Narnia, the magical land in which this story takes place, the time is always winter.

Now you see readers, winter is a time of cold, dark, despair and depressing emotions. If you have ever lived in a place where winter really takes over, you are aware of this; the sun doesn’t shine the way it does in the summer, there is only snow, rain and cold long days. The preacher continues to tells us that in Narnia, although winter exists there is no Christmas and for many Christmas is a time of joy, peace, happiness and time spent with people you love. In Narnia, the depressing and cold world, doesn’t have this hope in the midst of their despair they have nothing to look forward to. The preacher went on to tell us what he meant by Christmas, he used it as a metaphor for having hope. In a world of lost hope, darkness and confusion, there are many ways to fill those gaps. Wanna know how I fill mine?

For my Christmas, my hope to look forward to in any season of winter is filled with Christ. As Americans many of us are familiar with the nativity sets that come out during Christmas, that sit outside churches, inside people’s living rooms, in the Costco isles. My hope comes from that event, not the figures themselves but my relationship with Christ. As cheesy as it sounds, He can be the answer to your problems if you seek it, I know it’s hard to believe or even think, but I want to tell you that Christ offers hope and a way out of the winter you might be living in.

Reader, I want to ask you a question, are you living your life as if it was always winter: lonely, dark, cold and no hope. I want to leave a question with you, have you considered having Christmas? Now you see in this long metaphor that the preacher went on with it came down to this point. You might be living your life like winter with no hope of a Christmas to come. The name of this blog is “Livin In The World”, and I want to ask you, what type of world are you living in, in winter with no Christmas or in a winter with the hope and knowing Christmas is to come.

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