Tsunami, earthquakes, hurricanes, global warming, race riots, terrorism… the list could go on. We live in a world that is struggling to stay alive. If we dwell on the negative for too long, our outlook could easily become very dark.

Christmas chines hope into our life in a much more significant way that the beautiful lights that adorn many houses. Christmas celebrates the fact that God has provided the world’s rescuer in Jesus

He provides hope, meaning, direction and the opportunity to get back into a right relationship with our Creator God. We can pretend that nothing happened 2000 years ago in the Bethlehem stable. Better would be to acknowledge that this Jesus changed things forever and to dedicate our lives to the world’s only true rescuer.

Stephen Semenchuk