PLASTIC JESUS

As I have been driving around town the last few weeks I have been taking notice of all the Christmas decorations.  Let me tell you one thing before I start...I am picky about my Christmas decorations.  I don't like big inflatable snowmen or blinking lights or lots of fake garland.  I am a lover of all things simple....white lights, green wreaths with a bow, real pine trees.  I don't like anything gaudy or overdone.  Just my taste.  Anyway, what I am getting at is that there is certainly a wide range of crazy decorations out there.

What I have recently noticed though, is the plastic Jesus.  For one, this is just not my taste; the plastic Jesus with his plastic parents and plastic wise men.  I have been wondering why this bothers me so much, why I can't stand seeing the plastic Jesus.  This morning I had a revelation.  I think the reason this bothers me is that plastic is so...I don't know....fake.  And the Lord is the FARTHEST thing from fake.  He is real.  He is alive.  He is love.  He is peace.  He is joy.  He is freedom.  He is faith.  He is comfort.  He is not some hard, cold, far away being that is untouchable.  He is here.  Now.  And forever.  And He always will be.  So if I can just stand on my soapbox for a minute...PUT THE PLASTIC JESUS AWAY!

Merry Christmas all, love you!

Nicki