“Christmas is the day that holds all time together.”
- Alexander Smith
Christmas starts as a day in a child’s life that is magical, and as time carries on, one finds all the magic to be fabricated. Santa, the elves, the North Pole, wanting gifts and such - It all leads to a time that I personally did not care about Christmas.
Even as an adult and making the day about family is a losing battle: A day of stress and trying to make everything perfect when inevitably that was never going to happen? Massive commercialization, making it about “what I got”, and the expectations set by others about what a day should look? Don’t sign me up!
Many of us make Christmas all about ourselves and therefore miss what it is all about - giving. For God gave the world His Son on this day, and we too are to give ourselves to Him in a renewed way every year at this time. It was only then that I found a renewed joy in Christmas.
Without the coming of Christ by the virgin birth, the world would not exist. We would not be saved in our sinful way of living, we would not have the outlet to God. Christmas, besides Easter, is the most important time of year for it is a reminder. It is a new lease on life.
It was never about the lights, or the presents, or the food, or even about family.
It was about Him.
So, the magic is real afterall - we just forgot what it truly was about.
Merry Christmas to you all, Gloria in Excelsis Deo!
I will be back in the New Year, signing off to spend time with the family and focusing on what truly matters.
God bless and until next time.