What do most people think of christmas? Most likely, they will think that it’s just another season, another date, another yearly event. Most wouldn’t know the origins of Christmas and seriously in this present year and age, there are more appealing stuff for youngsters to be occupied with. Who would want to bother sitting through a boring service and going to a Christmas party where there isn’t lots of partying and lot’s of alcohol? The world thinks Christmas is a season for indulgence, indulgence in pleasures and desires, of the flesh and of the mind. However how long do the excitement and pleasure last? They dressed to kill, went there, told themselves they would rock the place that night, ended up getting lots of booze and vodka and other ‘get high’ drinks down their throats, went to dance and keep on the look out for hot guys and babes, waited and jumped at the chances to get intimate with each other. This is what the world thinks of Christmas, it’s all about the fun, the excitement and the merry-making. Well, no matter how ‘high’ they could get, how much pleasure they could derive from the things they did, it’s only temporary. The day passes into the 26th, the events sweep by like a mere memory, the shops remove their Christmas decors and things go back to normal. During this period of time, from Christmas eve to the actual day, are the things done by them worth it? Even if it’s for the slightest length of time, would they treasure it always, the immorality? Yeah you’re probably thinking right now that im just another preachy fellow who always want to insist her ‘holy’ opinions on other people and who always want to condemn others by saying how foolish the things they’re doing and how immoral are they. Well, God did not send His son to condemn the world, but to save the world through him (John 3:16). Btw, I saw this verse outside a Tangs outlet, ha. If you’re thinking, “ it’s as though we need such a person whom we don’t know even is fiction or non-fiction to come save us, please, I’m doing terribly and exremely fine on my own and with my own religion, and so I don’t need any of the so-called help that he’s offering.” Well, if you look at the trend since the 60’s to the present time you’ll know what I mean. There is a visible trend of people towards having less liberations about sexuality and about the moral values that they hold. What happened to the ‘no sex’ policy of moe last time? Well, now it has been changed to ‘safe sex’. People are having fewer reservations and more liberation. Of course, there are some who insist that there is nothing at all wrong with this shift in thinking, that they can indeed grow happier by having less reservations they hold in regards to other people. Then, what do they find after fling after fling after fling, no matter how much appeal it holds, it still doesn’t change the fact that it’s not going to be lasting! At the end of the day, it’s still loneliness for them to bear, no real love, no true shelters to stay in permanently, nothing which they can hold on for sure, nothing which they know will be absolutely unchangeable.

Some quotes to end this post off…

“God knows mankind. He knows that we’re too broken and to lonely to make the first move. That’s why he took the first step and became his sacrifice for us. He died for our sins and then later, sent out invitations to us.”

“God let His son get butchered so we can have life, and abundantly.”

“Christianity is more than a religion, it’s a relationship with God, a connection, a life journey.”

“The Christian faith is about God living in us, not about working to uphold the rules.”

“You can never think your way through God, you can only believe through Him.”

“Love makes a person vulnerable, the people you love the most are the ones who can hurt you most badly. The more you love, the more you might get hurt and rejected. That’s why we are afraid to give it all, afraid to take the first step.”

“Jesus came for the sinners, not those who are ‘good enough’. Like you go to the doctor when you’re sick, not when you become better first then go see him, same logic.”

And for my favourite quotes…

“How can I make God love me more?”
“It’s absolutely impossible. God loves us always, in fact, twice now from since He created us, after He bought us back at a price.”

There’s a story behind this favourite quote of mine, but I’m not going to recount the entire story. Let’s just think this way. You made something, an object. It can be anything, a necklace, a card etc. But what matters most is that you are proud of it, because you made it so beautifully. But then it got lost and naturally you get so heartbroken and devastated. Then, you found a chance to obtain the object back, but alas! You will have to pay a price to get it back and there’s no other alternatives! But then, you really love this object of yours, that’s why you feel that you must, definitely get it back, no matter what price you pay. Then after some intense efforts to attempt to get it back, you finally paid the price and voila! The object become yours again.

That’s why you love your object all the more, in fact twice more than it is in the beginning. You love it at first because you made it, and then you love it twice over because you bought it back.

People say that thinking about stuff like this is boring but I beg to differ. It makes all the difference in the world if you know that there is someone so great and yet still loves you that much.