Reason for the Season

Funny how Christmas revolves all around Santa, presents, going clubbing, throwing parties all night long, having fun with people, etc nowadays. Of course, it's a time to rejoice and be merry, but they're being merry for different kinds of reasons, some treat it like a day off from work to relax, some treat it as an excuse to go clubbing(for those that need an excuse to), etc.

Wonder why it's called Christmas and not Santamas, pubclubbingboozemas, funmas or whatevermas(I'll stop here, I know it's getting lame)?

'Cos Christmas is to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. The guy who saved us by dying for us.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16

Sounds cheesy?

Well, can you find anyone right now that will give up his/her life to die slowly and painfully just for your sake so that you will not perish? And oh yeah, add in the fact that before that person died for you, you hated him/her and were actually doing things that were hurting his/her heart very much.

The greatest present anyone for Christmas isn't that car they've been wanting for years. Neither is that shirt or dress that they had their eyes on for a long time.
The greatest present anyone can have for Christmas has already been given to all of us, 2000 years ago. And that's Jesus Christ. The guy who, out of love, died for you and me, so that we may live.

And talking about love, the world has a funny way of twisting it.
Real love is NOT
- lust
- ONLY romance(relationships need romance, but romance isn't love)
- infatuation
- sex
- conditional(there's no 'if')
- expectant

Out of love, we were given a gift. A gift of salvation.
And since everybody likes gifts..

Will you accept His gift today?