But the Day After doesn't need to leave us low. We don't need to immediately book a vacation getaway to someplace sunny, or start planning for Valentine's Day, or try to leave our Christmas decorations up for three months. We have a hope that transcends after-Christmas let-downs, a hope that doesn't need material things to fill its need. It is the hope of the birth of a Saviour, a hope to be celebrated the Day After just as much as Christmas Day. It is the hope of a Saviour on a cross, the death of God-become-man, and it is the hope of a Saviour conquering death, raised to life and to glory.
Let your Day After be filled with joy, fueled by the hope of Christ and a future day when there will be no more let-downs, no more tears, no more pain, and no more sin. Let your Day-After be a day of celebration.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." (1 Peter 1:3)