Christmas and the real Jesus

Christmas is nigh and let me ask you when Christmas time is here every year what does Christmas actually mean to you? A time to enjoy and a time to reflect on what you have achieved so far and perhaps on what you couldn’t too?

Indeed, it is a time of celebration, a celebration of life, the good and healthy life that God has blessed us with if we are indeed the lucky ones for we must remember there are still many who are in pain or are struggling to make ends meet and for these there will be no celebration.

It is also a time of giving and for many a time for forgiving too.

Christmas conjures up a picture of Father Christmas, Christmas tree with multi-colored lights, sledge rides in the snow and perhaps Christmas songs ringer and linger longer in our ears more than anytime of the year!

It’s the holiday season and big sales are on in every shopping centre that you can find.

It’s also bonus time. To the employee, a time of great expectation but to the bosses or the businessmen, Christmas time can be a big challenge and a headache too, isn’t it?

But is that all Christmas is about? We know it is to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ but how many of us really know what is the significance of this birth?

It is hope that the world not only remembers Jesus’ birth but more importantly what he came to do. There is a solemn side to Christmas but alas, does the world care?

I hope we will take time to reflect, to remember Jesus for who he is and also for what he had done. Get to know the real Jesus real close, not what the world has generally made him out to be.

The Bible tells us because of what he had done, man can expect to live forever even after death in fellowship with God the Father, our Creator.

What a beautiful hope, a wondrous love and boundless grace that's being held out to sinners like us. That’s the Father’s love for all of us, incomprehensible but true!

So as we celebrate Christmas with thanksgiving, let us give a thought to Jesus, the Son of Man who gave his own life for the lives of his “friends” and the Bible again tells us we are his friends if we follow him.

Indeed, what greater love is there than this that a man is willing to lay down his own life for a friend?

If your life is not right with God, shouldn’t you make it right this Christmas? Go to a church, experience forgiveness and get God’s blessings. It’s never too early nor too late.

To all my readers and friends, I wish you all a Blessed Christmas and a Wonderful New Year

Cheers!

I hope you like this catchy number from Boney M entitled "Mary's Boy Child" the music-video courtesy of "Klonproduct".