Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

Plans and preparations for Christmas have been going on for a while now. The church has been planning and preparing, too. The season of Advent is to prepare us and our hearts for the comings of the Lord -- to remember in His coming in the flesh at Christmas, to rejoice in His coming to us with His forgiveness in His Word and Sacraments, and to be ready for His coming again in glory. But there is one more who has been planning and preparing: God. And just as surely as that Christmas God was planning and preparing for came, so too will your Christmas. Not the one in two days, but the one on the Last Day.