Season's Greetings

Upon returning home from a quick trip to the grocery store, I noticed the paper bag I was carrying said Season’s Greetings. That got me thinking: What exactly are Season’s Greetings?

There is no question that our culture has adopted phrases such as Season’s Greetings or Happy Holidays as a way to sidestep the term Christmas. But what if we were to take these phrases at face value? If I as a Christian were to offer someone “Season’s Greetings” or wish them a happy holiday, what would I in fact be saying?

Well at the risk of oversimplifying – a holiday is literally a Holy Day. A fitting term for Advent. After all this is the celebration of the birth of our Savior. A Holy Day indeed. So what would Jesus say is the true greeting for the season?

In Luke 2:14b the angels declare “…on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”

For those walking through life in fear that people may learn about their past – Peace the Savior is here. For those struggling with addiction to drugs/alcohol/pornography/etc. and can’t seem to break free – Peace the Savior is here. For those whose wounds are too deep to measure, whose families are broken, whose dreams have been lost – Peace the Savior is here. For those in search of love and belonging – Peace the Savior is here. Hope has come.

He came to the weak, the outcasts, the sinners, the sick, the dying, even the possessed. He brings peace large enough for any hurt. He brings hope great enough for any situation. He came to bring Salvation.

So from me to you, a very warm Seasons Greeting. May His peace and hope shine on you and through you in these Holy Days.