A popular play and movie this time of year, one I always enjoy watching, is “A Christmas Carol.”

There is one scene that has always fascinated me. The Ghost of Christmas Past has just paid a very discomforting visit to Ebenezer Scrooge. Clearly the old miser is shaken by the entire ordeal. But when he awakens from his sleep, does he take the message to heart? No, he simply dismisses it by saying: Bah, humbug, it wasn’t real.

“Just a bit of last night’s undigested beef,” he says to himself, “There is more gravy about you than the grave.”

How often do we dismiss the visions around us that have been put there to improve us? Don’t dismiss what God is trying to say to you.

This Christmas season, open yourself up to the improvements that God is trying to make in your life.

If you are in the Lake area, don’t miss our annual Christmas Eve service at 9 p.m. at the Ritz Carlton Lodge. If you come, you will be blessed.

Wishing you much love and much light.