December 2022

Farm shed with sign about Christmas

 

The truth about Christmas

If you travel along the Hume Highway not far from Gundagai, you may happen to notice a farm shed on a property beside the road. There is a sign over the door of the shed which reads:

THE VERY FIRST CHRISTMAS GIFT WAS The BEST & MOST COSTLY EVER..

As you receive or give a gift this Christmas, you might ponder for a moment why we give gifts at Christmas… in fact why do we celebrate Christmas at all?

But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman( Galatians 4:4 NIV) 

We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.(John 1:14 NIV)

Although Christ was not born on what we call Christmas Day, Christians celebrate it as a time to reflect on his birth and its significance.  We pray that the message on the shed may touch the hearts of those who pass.