The Real Deal

[Wyatt Webb]

I just read that a male exotic dancer recently paid $4000 to spend two nights in the house used for "A Christmas Story". The home was used to portray the typical fifties home during Christmas. He said that he obsessed over the movie and the lifestyle. I had to wonder why this guy felt drawn to the traditional family of the fifties. Now, I certainly have that tug because that was my time, my childhood. I remember when my buddies and I all got Red Ryder Daisy BB guns. The fun was incalculable for guys raised in the country. We were told to "be careful not to put an eye out" just like the kid in the movie. Oh, yes, the farm livestock were out of bounds, too.

But, what does a young guy who takes off his clothes for a living know about the fifties? I submit that he sees a family and traditions. Could he feel that something is missing from his life? Could it be that he wants to know what it is like to get up Christmas morning with a mother, a father, weird gifts from grandparents, and that one wished-for gift? Does he have a hole in his life that he thinks he can fill with a couple of nights in a house from a make-believe story? That's it isn't it? Without Jesus Christ, life is just make-believe. When we are unhappy, we just make up some happy!

"And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened. But the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.'" Luke 2:9-11

Jesus is not made up. He is not make-believe, but He does fill what is missing in a life.

Allen