Ah ha! Christmas

As we begin to end one of the most celebrated days of the year, you might be feeling a little down. Calm down this is normal for everyone, I mean everyone, who is an adult. As adults the let down is that we have to continue to move forward. Go back to our jobs, get older, lose Family members. Maybe someone very close to you, since we can not reverse time we have to endure some of the most heart retching events. Life is hard and you can not change that at all. So what do we do? there is a blessing in the fact that we have a deep desire to live. This desire we will call self preservation is woven in to us by our creator. This is not a punishment, God has a plan for us, he will help us in our times of need. This is the promise as well as the love given to us, God gave us a way to him, believing in Jesus is our hope for eternal life with the ones we lost. in John 3:16 for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son Jesus. And anyone who believes, as well as trust in him will have everlasting life. This is the reason we celebrate the day of his birth, and why we give each other gifts. But without the reason there is no celebration or justification for the Gifts.

As children the excitement was great, we could not wait to open presents to see what we got. We were always happy to get those gifts, but we did not completely understand the significance of the season. Growing we up heard the stories of Jesus but to really understand you had to truly understand the cost. Children don’t because they are interested in the gift, not the sacrifice, by the way this is normal as well. We all want our children to love Christmas, we want them to understand the gift. Well those of us who believe that God gave us his son, Jesus to save all of us from everlasting torment do. So what do we do with the emotions after Christmas we love, we care, we believe and we remind our children why we celebrate. This is how we move forward, reminding them also reminds us so we can move forward. Knowing that we have the grace and mercy of God the creator of the universe.

Love you all have a great day!