If It's 5:00 Somewhere, Is It Also Christmas Somewhere?

On Sunday I saw a house with a light up reindeer on the roof. Really, folks? It's MAY!! Summer is breathing down our necks and you're going fry a reindeer on your roof? "What's that you're grilling?" "Reindeer shish-ka-bobs." I mean I've seen lots of people too lazy or busy to take down their Christmas lights for years at a time...but a REINDEER?!? It just doesn't scream curb appeal to me. I cannot comprehend how people have the time and energy to decorate their house and then just run out of fuel before they un-decorate? "Ugh...I'm just still too tired to ever take down these decorations after putting them up 3 months ago....?" OK...done with my rant. This actually got me thinking theologically. Scary...huh? It reminded me of this man (I have no idea who he was...this was years ago...it seems like he might've been associated with Operation Christmas Child) that spoke at my church. He talked about how Christmas is not just a once-a-year holiday. It's a state of being. We should worship God everyday like people do on Christmas. His visual aid? Socks. He pulled up his pants legs to reveal one red sock and one green sock...to remind himself that "Christmas" is everyday. He claimed to wear these socks everyday. Hopefully he had multiple pairs. Does he continue to wear his ridiculous socks in flip flop weather? If anyone sees a man in red/green socks and sandals in July...let me know! I don't have to wear color-blind people's socks to remember to praise Jesus everyday for my breath of life. It seems like pastors harp a lot on living Christmas everyday. Don't get me wrong...Christmas is important...but dually important is Easter. Poor Easter doesn't get near the hype as his counterpart. Easter is when we celebrate the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus for our sins. I don't know about you...but that gets me fired up! It was refreshing to hear a sermon this year about living "Easter" everyday. Our pastor talked about celebrating the fact that Christ took on our sin and saved us by His infinite grace. He didn't even mention carrying Peeps marshmallows in your pockets everyday to remind you of Easter. All this to say that God is around all year long and He deserves our full attention 24/7....not just on Christmas or Easter or any of our other originally Pagan holidays that we adopted and now ritually celebrate.