Honor Christmas in my heart

Luke 24 tells a story of two apostles walking on Emmaus road

soon after Christs resurrection and ascension.

  

"...And behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.  And they talked together of all these things which had happened..."

While they were walking they were joined by the Savior himself but they didn't recognize him. Christ asked them why they were so sad, and they responded with a questions, "Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?" They explained the details of the last few days of Christ's life as they continued to walk.

The stranger began to expound scriptures, explaining that these things had been prophesied by many prophets, still they did not recognize Him.

It wasn't until he later sat to eat with them, and blessed and broke the bread that, 'their eyes were opened, and they knew him'.

"And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?"

The Christmas season is now behind us, will we like these men of old quickly forget our time we spent with the Savior? It had only been a few days since he had left but "their eyes were holden that they could not see him." Each of us have drawn closer to our Savior with the Christmas spirit, I know that I have come to know him better from the time I have spent with him. Let us not forget the feelings we have had the the lessons we have learned. "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked with us by the way." 

Let us cry like Ebenezer Scrooge " I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."  Let us move into the new year better people because of the things we learned this season.