The song was “O Come All Ye Faithful”. The artist was a soprano like Kate Smith. For all I know it may have been Kate Smith. Not my favorite sound. I almost hit the skip button but stifled myself. As I listened the words of the chorus came through to me, “O come let us adore Him.”
How often do our Christmas attitudes overwhelm the miracle of the incarnation? Some are consumed by greed. Some become Scrooge. Some are the Grinch. For many there is nothing to see except behaviors to criticize.
We have the ability to control our attitudes and as I listened to this song I was hit by the call to adore Him. The adoration does not stop at the manger. That is actually a very small part of it. When we look at a baby and allow the warm fuzzies to overcome us it is not just because the baby is cute but because we sense all the untouched potential that is waiting to develop.
With the nativity we need to adore the teachings of a life cut short by the cross. With the nativity we adore the sacrifice of the cross and rejoice in the promise of forgiveness. Then we look on to the resurrection and the hope demonstrated by the chains of death being broken.
There is much to adore. “O come, let us adore Him.”
Merry Christmas
homo unius libri
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Opus 2025-597: Advent Calendar: Day 25, How Is Your Christmas Attitude?
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