The Gift of the Nutcracker: Don’t miss the footnote.

Joy! Joy! Joy! Christmas day is almost here. We are about to put baby Jesus into our mangers at home.

There is a footnote to the gift of the Christ child that we cannot miss. We must not miss the fact that the baby is not the end of the story.

That baby has a purpose. That purpose to an unsuspecting world seems to give that story an unhappy ending.

To those of us who know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, that footnote is the gift of life. How will you hear today’s text in the midst of the joy of Christmas?