This past week I have had this question pop in my mind. What
is the true meaning of Christmas? We prepare for months for this day. We all go
out buy presents, buy groceries, clean the house, get our hair cut and on and
on. So I sit here staring at my laptop thinking, is it the gifts under the
tree, the cards in the mail, and the big dinner on the table with family? I don’t believe Christmas is about any of
those things. Don’t get me wrong presents and being with my family eating
dinner is great. I love watching my children open their presents. With all the
joy and fun watching them dig into their gifts we also, as parents, remind
our children what Christmas is all about. It’s not about anything I mentioned
earlier.
Christmas is about our savior being born to save us all from
our sin. Without Jesus we would all die in our sins. This birth was the birth
of the most unique person in our history. This was the birth of our God. Our God
took on human flesh and became man. This blows my mind; God did not save us by
reaching down from heaven in an objective way. He became human just like us to
save us. He had feelings just like us, the feelings of happy and sad. He was
human! Can you wrap your mind around this? The unapproachable God became approachable
and contactable that day. God became man, experiencing everything of human
life. Our God loves us that much that he became human, suffered and died on the
cross for our sins, so that we may have eternal life with him in heaven. We do have one very special God, who loves us so
much that he was born for us and died for us. That my friends is what Christmas
is about!
Here are some pictures of our Christmas. Next year we will
have two more sweet loves to share our Christmas with. This momma is ready to
love on them. I will update soon. Right now all paperwork is done and we are waiting
on our dossier to be authenticated. Praying
our kiddos home.
Reading the Christmas story from the Bible
