I am one that will take shortcuts when writing short notes. I am meticulous in writing but for a short note, I like short cuts. I will often write "xfer" for transfer or "what x" for what time. I never consider that someone might think I mean really mean Texas when I write "tx me" and I really mean "text me." "I need xtra time to fulfill added xpectations with the x change." Get it?
I get frustrated when people don't know my intended meaning....after all, I know! I got to thinking of what I am really saving by using this short cut. I comfort myself by saying that doctors do it all the time. After all, how can you get "prescription" out of Rx?
A few weeks ago however, I was thrown into a new awakening. As we were watching The Voice, we realized that Christina Aguilera has changed her team name from Team Christina to Team XTina. I told my husband that she did what society did with Christmas.
For years, Christmas was widely recognized when we wrote or read Xmas. It was understood that the word was Christmas. Being much younger, I didn't really see any negative significance in the abreviation. In looking at her team name, I told my husband "she almost did what society did. She almost took CHRIST out of her name."
Isn't that what society did with Xmas? It began with replacing the word "Christ" with an X. Today, our culture chooses to go one step further by taking CHRIST out of Christmas and calling it Holiday Season or Holiday Parties or Winter Festivities. Society has chosen to take any idea of the birth of Christ out of Christmas.
In watching the show, it is very clear that when chosen by Christina the contestants are welcomed into team "X-Tina." However, when you see the word Xmas, we still say "Christmas." We may have lost the words but let's pray that we never lose what we say. Even though it was replaced with an "X" it will never be
"X-mas." It will always be Christmas because God sent His son to be born so that we could have a chance at eternal life.
If X marks any spot or makes any statement, let it be in your heart. Let your heart receive the true message of Christmas regardless of what society does or says. Like Team Christina, society can make a decision to replace Christ with "X" but they can never replace it in our hearts because we believe the truth of God's Word.
"Do not be afraid Mary, You have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and he will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdon will never end." Luke 1:30-33
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