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Post-Christmas Blues
Are you missing Christmas? If so, you might be dealing with what's often referred to as the post-Christmas blues.
Matthew 1:23
Are you missing Christmas? If so, you might be dealing with what’s often referred to as the post-Christmas blues. In the days and weeks leading up to Christmas, there’s a lot of hype. There’s lights and decorations everywhere you go, Christmas music is playing on the radio. People are shopping for presents. There’s all this anticipation and excitement that keeps building and building until Christmas Day, which is one of the most exciting days of the year as we celebrate the birth of our King.
But then when Christmas Day comes. Then Christmas Day goes. And we return to our school, and our work, and our daily lives. And sometimes we don’t know what to do next. But today, I want to remind you of some familiar words that we often hear around Christmas, quoting the prophet Isaiah, Matthew writes,
“Look, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son. And they will name him Immanuel,” which means, “God with us.” (Matthew 1:23)
That’s something that we can be excited about today. God is with us. Maybe you weren’t aware, but we don’t actually just celebrate Christmas on a single day out of the year. It’s actually a 12 day celebration. Maybe you’ve heard of something called the 12 Days of Christmas. And if so, maybe you’ve thought that those 12 days lead up to Christmas. And if that’s the case, don’t worry, because, well, I used to think the same thing too. But actually those 12 days start on Christmas Day and lead all the way up to January 6th, which is what in the church year is known as Epiphany.
And Epiphany is cool because it’s actually the season where it is revealed to us that that little child in the manger really is true God, our Immanuel. Yes, I get that Christmas is exciting because, well, I love Christmas and I understand if those Christmas feelings may have left you. But let me assure you that Christmas is just the beginning, and there’s still a lot more to come. Jesus didn’t just come into the world to be born as a baby. He came to live with you, to experience the difficulties of life with you, to die on a cross for you. Jesus came because he loves you. Let’s celebrate that today. Let’s celebrate the fact that our God is with us.
