By Pastor Tim Eaton
The Christmas season can be full of nightmares: loved ones are too far away, loneliness, dealing with extended family, choosing the right gift (or receiving the wrong gift with gratitude and a smile), stressing over the holiday dinner, splitting time between multiple families, and spending way too much on all of it.
All of these things can create stress because we have lost sight of who Christmas is all about: Jesus.
“Nightmares Without Christmas?” Everyone can have one, but will they also get the true gift of Christmas? From these nightmares we can wake up to lasting hope and joy when we discover the real miracle of Christmas.
The Christmas account from Matthew 1:22-23 includes these words, “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means “God with us”. What an amazing gift, that God would enter our world to let us know that we are not alone. We don’t have to overcome our nightmares or create the perfect Christmas by ourselves. He has come to bring light into our darkness.
Come discover the hope of Jesus for your Christmas Nightmares, Sundays at 10:00 a.m., with a special Candlelight Christmas Eve service on December 24 at 6:00 p.m. This is a Christmas Eve service that families and friends will love.
Edgewater Lutheran Church, worshipping at Harada Elementary, is located at 12884 Oakdale Street, Eastvale, CA, 92880. Contact them at (951) 479-5575, or visit their website at www.EdgewaterLutheran.org.
