Today millions across the world are celebrating this day with gifts, family, and food. Today millions across the world are forgetting the real reason we celebrate Christmas.Presents are being passed our, food is being cooked, football is being watched and jingles are being sung. Where is the prayer? Where is the manger scene? Where is Christ?
The answer is He is being forgotten. We focus so much on the big man with a white beard who brings us gifts, and his little elves that grant our wishes. Kids are focusing on the presents and complaining when its not what they asked. What is the real meaning of Christmas? What is the real gift?
The real gift is one that can't be wrapped. Its one that came thousand of years ago. Its the gift that was brought into this sinful world to live a perfect life. A baby born of a virgin to a mother named Mary and two fathers, one Joseph and the other God. Born in a manger and raised a carpenter. Christ is the real gift today, and every day. He is the gift that is often looked passed on this day full of earthly gifts.
Christmas is not a day that is wrong. It is not a day that is bad and I do not want it to seem like I see it that way. Christmas is one of my favorite holidays. Until about two years ago I used to see this day as a day of receiving gifts. A day of seeing who got the biggest gift and who santa thought was the best little girl. I saw it as a day full of food and watching football or listing to music. A few years ago Christ humbled me and showed me the real reason for this holiday.
Christmas is about celebrating the one who gives us life. Sweet baby Jesus took his first breath into a world of sin and hatred, oppression and persecution, that way we would be given the opportunity to take our first breath. He came sinless just to take on all our sins and die a painful death. He lived a life perfectly, never making a mistake, that way we would be forgiven of ours. He did all of this so that you and I may have His light inside of us.
Remember that the real gift today is a baby born of a virgin. Who came, lived perfectly, suffered, died and rose again, just so that you may be given the ultimate gift of salvation. A gift that can not be wrapped, it can not be held, but is worth more then anything money could by. The gift of love and forgiveness. The gift of a savior.
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will
be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty
God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6
Happy birthday sweet savior. <3
God bless,
Heaven Slaughter
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