Why Choose to Be Politically Incorrect at Christmas?

Good question . . . And my answer is . . . Because I am who I am. You see a long time ago the wisest man I knew (my grandpa) taught me that no matter where you are or who you are with, you need to be yourself.




I know it doesn’t sound very hard, but the older I got the more I realized why he had said that. Grandpa didn’t go to church and I never knew why I just knew that’s the way it was going to be. Grandpa had been raised in the church, his mom and sisters went to church, his brothers even went to church, but not Grandpa. What was the reason?



As I grew older I realized that some people don’t go because they feel like the preacher is picking them out in the sermon and everyone knows he is talking to them. I know from experience that isn’t exactly the way it happens most of the time. There is not a preacher around that knows when some of you are going to darken the doors of the church again if ever. How on Earth then could they pick you out in a sermon and preach to only you. Quite possibly it is not the preacher at all, but the Holy spirit speaking to your heart letting you know how you can fix some of the hurt you are feeling. But that wasn’t the reason Grandpa never went to church.



The way you act speaks louder than any words you will ever speak. How then can we say one thing on the street and quite the opposite in the church? How do your neighbors even know who you are? Do we watch our language a little more at church than we do at home? Do our jokes get a little cleaner? Do we dress more appropriately than if we were going out for the evening? Why should any of this matter? Why do you need to keep your church life, personal life, and business life separate? Are you afraid of what people will see? What is the harm of letting them see the truth?



Matthew chapter 5 says 14"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.



Grandpa’s reason for not going to church was the men and women he knew on the street were not the same people he knew in the church even though they looked the same and had the same name.



For me to be politically correct to save someone’s feeling from getting hurt would do far greater damage than if I would just tell them the truth in the first place. Though it may be as unpleasant for me as it is for them, they need to know they can always count on someone to tell them the truth in a gentle way, but without mincing any words.



So what does this story have to do with Christmas. Christ is there and he always will be. He will be there without packaged presents, unadorned, and as he always has been . . . waiting. He does have 1 gift for you, and though you do not have to earn it, it comes with a price that no money could buy. To give your life to Christ would signify that you could live your life at home as you do in the church building,



I urge each one of my friends to attend their church on Sunday as you are today and see if you are recognized. If not, please go back to your scriptures and see where you need to start.



Please come celebrate Christ’s birth with me this year. And Have a Happy Thanksgiving.