Agape.
That’s it. If you want to distill the entire notion of Christmas into a single, simple concept, it’s Agape.
Self-sacrificial, intentional love. That’s the message of Christmas.
I was thinking this morning about the idea of approaching Christmas intentionally (10 Ways You Can Enjoy An Intentional Christmas) and I had the idea that I could make choices this week based on two simple criteria.
- If it expands agape, do more of it.
- If it doesn’t, do less of it or skip it completely.
What can you choose that will bring agape into your Christmas celebration?
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross! [Philippians 2:5-8]
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