When I was a kid, I loved driving through our neighborhood to look at Christmas lights. I still love it. Now that I’m a dad, I’m always on the lookout for great Christmas lights to show my kids. So when I discovered the annual Windcrest Light Up, I thought I hit the jackpot. The Windcrest Light Up is a decades-old tradition in which the city of Windcrest’s residents decorate their homes with great, elaborate displays of holiday lights. I couldn’t wait to take my boys, and it did not disappoint. We visited last year, and there were lights at nearly every house and down almost every street. Some had beautiful displays of traditional Christmas scenes, while others had surprising and imaginative designs not really related to the Christmas story. The entire family loved it, and our drive through Windcrest was filled with wide grins and whoops of joy. Twinkling lights are a great sign that the Christmas season has arrived. You see them as soon as Thanksgiving ends (sometimes earlier!), and as Christmas day gets closer, more and more houses light up. For many, the lights are simply decorative and nothing more than part of the general holiday season; but, the truth is these lights have a deeper meaning and great significance. Christmas lights are a symbol that means the true light has come, and with it, peace. Isaiah 48
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