By now I would suspect that all of us have received a good number of Christmas cards. They come with regularity in these last days before the great holidays. All of us have a traditional way of dealing with those Christmas cards. In our family we put the cards in a decorative bowl. The cards are there for us to go through whenever we want. There are other traditions as well. As I visit in your homes, I notice some of you tape your cards around doors in order to frame them. Others put cards on mantels. Others who have louvered doors stick the cards through the doors so that the pictures can always be seen. Cards become a part of Christmas and cards become part of our decoration. They are very visible in our homes.

This morning I would ask you to stop and think about the Christmas cards you r…