Its Christmas!
Firstly I'd like to wish everyone there a very happy and blessed Christmas. Lets always remember about the true spirit, its not about the gift giving, the mistletoe, the log cakes, the turkey, the ham, the material expectations, and sometimes its not even about forgetting your troubles.
I will paraphrase Father Clifford here: He talked about Christmas being panadol. It struck me alot.
He made us think about the nativity scene, the ones that we see nowadays in the churches and in towns are nice and all. But... what would childbirth in a manger really be like? Would Jesus have his diapers on? Would Mary be so peaceful, with makeup? Would Joesph just calmly sit in a corner?
Yes it brings joy doesn't it, the birth of a Messiah. But lets remember, that along with that joy comes the pains of childbirth... and this birth eventually will lead to the road to the cross. We can't expect Christmas to be a time when our troubles will dissipate, that miracles will happen, that suddenly the bad things will vanish.
No.
As much as we would like to, we should not. I'm guilty of it too. Every year, I used to hope that somehow, somewhere, the 'magic' of Christmas would come and touch my life, that everything would suddenly get better. I can tell you, it won't. Christmas isn't a magic panadol, a miracle cure.
I guess I need to learn to accept this hard fact too.
BUT that doesn't mean we should stop our celebrations. For Christmas brings something far better than a placebo cure. It brings hope. Hope of true healing. The journey will not be easy but it will be walkable.
So, if anyone out there carries a heavy heart, shoulders a heavy load, walks a troubled road this Christmas and thinks that you are alone, isolated and cold. Don't, its part of life, there are many others out there who can share this pain with you, you're not alone so be comforted. There is hope...hope in the future. Hope is amazing...
God give me grace. Walk with me.
So once again, I wish everyone out there a very beautiful and a very hopeful Christmas. Cheers.
Firstly I'd like to wish everyone there a very happy and blessed Christmas. Lets always remember about the true spirit, its not about the gift giving, the mistletoe, the log cakes, the turkey, the ham, the material expectations, and sometimes its not even about forgetting your troubles.
I will paraphrase Father Clifford here: He talked about Christmas being panadol. It struck me alot.
He made us think about the nativity scene, the ones that we see nowadays in the churches and in towns are nice and all. But... what would childbirth in a manger really be like? Would Jesus have his diapers on? Would Mary be so peaceful, with makeup? Would Joesph just calmly sit in a corner?
Yes it brings joy doesn't it, the birth of a Messiah. But lets remember, that along with that joy comes the pains of childbirth... and this birth eventually will lead to the road to the cross. We can't expect Christmas to be a time when our troubles will dissipate, that miracles will happen, that suddenly the bad things will vanish.
No.
As much as we would like to, we should not. I'm guilty of it too. Every year, I used to hope that somehow, somewhere, the 'magic' of Christmas would come and touch my life, that everything would suddenly get better. I can tell you, it won't. Christmas isn't a magic panadol, a miracle cure.
I guess I need to learn to accept this hard fact too.
BUT that doesn't mean we should stop our celebrations. For Christmas brings something far better than a placebo cure. It brings hope. Hope of true healing. The journey will not be easy but it will be walkable.
So, if anyone out there carries a heavy heart, shoulders a heavy load, walks a troubled road this Christmas and thinks that you are alone, isolated and cold. Don't, its part of life, there are many others out there who can share this pain with you, you're not alone so be comforted. There is hope...hope in the future. Hope is amazing...
God give me grace. Walk with me.
So once again, I wish everyone out there a very beautiful and a very hopeful Christmas. Cheers.
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