At that final, memorable encounter, Ebenezer Scrooge says to the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, “I am not the man I was.”
What matters most in that statement is not how far Scrooge had come, but the direction he had chosen. He was not suddenly perfect. He was no longer content to remain where he had been.
What should give each Christmas season meaning is not our own arrival, but our intention to follow Him.
That is often how real change begins. Not with completion, but with inclination.
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