Christmas is always a very exciting time of the year. I like Christmas. I like the songs and carols that fill the air. I like the hustle and bustle of the crowds as they jostle through the busy shopping malls, looking for that special gift for that very special one in their life. I like the excitement and anticipation of it all. The expressions of good will that many seem inclined to share. The smiles and the sincerity of those who say: “Have a good Christmas” I like to reply in kind. I guess the season tends to bring out the child in many of us. Some of us have never completely outgrown our childhood love for the days of Christmas.
But more than anything else, I like the true meaning and message of Christmas. A message so simply and succinctly expressed by the angels who heralded the birth of the God-man who would forever change the course of history. The One who would truly make history - “His story.”
I like Christmas because it reminds us that His birth was announced as: “Good news to all people.” The good news of Immanuel. God with us. Our world is filled with those who feel lonely and unloved. Einstein once said, “It’s strange to be known so universally and yet be so personally lonely.” The message of Christmas is that God sent His Son to earth to embrace each of us with His love. Augustine placed it so beautifully when he said, “He loves each one of us, as if there were only one of us.”
I like Christmas because it is much more than tinsel, ribbons, presents and parties or a hectic rushing to and fro; giving and getting temporal gifts that will have no real value in eternity. Christmas is the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ who came to give us the greatest of all gifts, eternal life and a home in heaven with Him. Christmas reminds us once again of this greatest gift of all: God giving His Son, His Son giving Himself, that we might be able to exclaim once more with the apostle Paul, “Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift!”.
But more than anything else, I like the true meaning and message of Christmas. A message so simply and succinctly expressed by the angels who heralded the birth of the God-man who would forever change the course of history. The One who would truly make history - “His story.”
I like Christmas because it reminds us that His birth was announced as: “Good news to all people.” The good news of Immanuel. God with us. Our world is filled with those who feel lonely and unloved. Einstein once said, “It’s strange to be known so universally and yet be so personally lonely.” The message of Christmas is that God sent His Son to earth to embrace each of us with His love. Augustine placed it so beautifully when he said, “He loves each one of us, as if there were only one of us.”
I like Christmas because it is much more than tinsel, ribbons, presents and parties or a hectic rushing to and fro; giving and getting temporal gifts that will have no real value in eternity. Christmas is the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ who came to give us the greatest of all gifts, eternal life and a home in heaven with Him. Christmas reminds us once again of this greatest gift of all: God giving His Son, His Son giving Himself, that we might be able to exclaim once more with the apostle Paul, “Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift!”.
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