Just "another" Christmas?

Those "holiday blahs;" in our cynicism, we sometimes welcome the arrival of yet another Christmas in a lackadaisical manner--just as we take our local church and God's other works in our day for granted. We see believers despising the "Day of Small Things" (Zech. 4:10) and adopt a matter-of-fact attitude to what the Lord is doing in our midst--even now--during this time of preparation as we await the great events associated with glorious Second Appearing of our Lord. As we study the message of the prophet Haggai, let us be mindful that the First Advent of our Lord which we celebrate is all about the coming of the great "Desire of Nations" (Haggai 2:7)--and is thus something worth getting EXCITED about!