Where Do You Think You're Going? Matthew 2:1-12 12-17-00

Sermon 12-17-00 Mt 2:1-12 Where do you think you're going?

Christmas eve…..sleeping with Dad….where do you think you are going

Mom chrismtas shopping…..robbed
Mom forgave/Robber chose to go the wrong way
Who are you at christmas, who do you become

Wisemen & herrod
Wisemen sought to worship
Herrod sought to kill the baby, to kill the spirit/joy
Herrod right….only room for one king

Many herrods appear at christmas
Christmas is about me
Will you be a herrod or a wise man
Will you give the joy or take the joy

Book…who moved my cheese [spencer johnson]
Don’t kill the spirit/joy
We kill the spirit/joy when we

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., was a member of the U.S. Supreme Court for 30 years. His mind, wit and work earned him the unofficial title of "the greatest justice since John Marshall." At one point in his life, Justice Holmes explained his choice of a career by saying: "I might have entered the ministry if certain clergymen I knew had not looked and acted so much like undertakers."

The angel called it good news

How do you feel the joy?
Children buy gifts for one another
Children concerned about adopting families
In the midst of cold weather, I see the joy
In the midst of shopping I see the joy