I am one of those people who just love Christmas and everything about it. From sending cards, and decorating to special foods and gift giving, I love it all!  But to produce all those special effects take lots of time and I begin to feel as if I have set aside the real meaning of the season in all the preparations.

This year as I decorated the tree wondering what a tree really had to do with the birth of my Lord Holy Spirit brought to my attention that in actuality I had decorated my house and tree with signs. Even my cookies were signs.  Like all signs they point to something; my decorations were signs that pointed to Jesus.  Some of the signs are displayed through colors. The Bible gives us the meaning of the colors.  Green is used in relevance to life, blue is symbolic to heaven. Gold of royalty and the glory of God, red is His Blood, silver redemption, each color speaking to a significance of Jesus. The tree itself being an evergreen is symbolic  of eternal life.  The angels decorating my shelves are singing of the Birth of a King and even Santa kneels at the manger. Now when I pass the tree or the decorations on the shelf my mind returns to where I want it to be - focused on Jesus and the promises He has for me.   Happy Birthday Jesus I'm so glad you came!