Christmas

This Christmas season, for the first time in a long time, I have tried to dwell on why I celebrate. And I have concluded why I celebrate Christmas; I celebrate Christmas because giving and receiving gifts is easier for me than trying to fathom the birth of the Savior.

There is something truly overwhelming about God becoming Man, born to die so that I might not suffer eternal death. And as much as Easter is a symbol of Christ's gift to me, Christmas is the symbol of God's gift to all.

This is my prayer this season:

I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:12-17

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas. I hope all can spend time with family and those they love and share in the Joy.