Well Christmas isn't for four more days, but I was just watching a movie that got me in the Christmas spirit. It seems like lately people are so focused on the getting and Christmas has just become a huge selfish holiday. It comes and goes and the presents go from being wrapped to unwrapped and then are soon discarded and forgotten about. Why isn't Christmas leaving the lasting effect that is used to have? I'm still trying to figure this out as I sit and watch the years flash before my eyes....it seriously feels like a week ago at I was the little girl singing in the elementary Christmas play. Now I'm a freshman in college and the reality is soon I will be off on my own and will no longer wake up in this house on Christmas morning and come down the stairs so see mom baking and singing to the Christmas music while Dad has the Christmas Parade on TV. Maybe this is why I am such a Christmas nut...maybe it's the fact that I realize once I am grown I won't have the ability to do everything that my mother is capable of doing so I am enjoying it now. Even in those thoughts I get caught up and realize that I have been sucked into the selfishness that comes along so readily at this time of season. Although a sadness comes over me thinking of growing up, an ever present sadness would be instilled in my heart if I wasn't blessed with the true meaning of Christmas.
The real meaning of Christmas is the birth of our Lord and Redeeming Savior Jesus Christ and without him there would be no hope in the world. We would be born and would die without any point to living....But I have hope!! I have the hope of something better to come. Because God loved us and didn't want to have the sin of the world stand in between us, he decided to give the greatest gift ever to be given. Better than a brand new car, an engagement ring, a deluxe tool set, a snazzy computer, or even the latest and greatest game or game system. God set his son into this world....Jesus came to this world as an innocent, soft skinned, and vulnerable baby boy. God was willing to give the gift of his son so he could be born, walk the Earth preaching the Gospel, and then dying a brutal death in order to save the souls of the world so that humankind could be reunited with their loving God...but only if they are willing to accept the gift that was given. I know that not everyone believes what I am saying, but if you don't, I ask you to think of this: What is the reason to have hope in life without believing in God? He is the hope and the ever present and loving friend that will never leave in times of need. I urge you to make this year different. Don't forget the true reason that we have this holiday called Christmas...It is because the greatest gift was given: the Christ child. :) So, I want to take this time to say Merry Christmas and enjoy my sister's favorite Christmas special. This is for you, Laura!! :)
Merry Christmas!!
