202: True Christmas: Take Christ

It’s the long holiday time of the year again. I still get the inkling expression from my friends when they wonder why at church; Christmas is not celebrated during the, uhm, well, Christmas season. ( I believe I have posted a year or two ago the technical reasons why I find the Christmas Season as a perfect ‘Commercialism Season’, and thus, if you can be patient enough you can look for it among the post list.)

But I can share a few thoughts in here.

Christmas: time for gifts, food and various jollity.

For me, Christmas is a daily celebration for those who individually appreciate the birth of Christ in a deeper level - a personal level. Jesus is a gift from God. It is a gift for all that no one in this world can supersede, which I truly believe by faith. But God’s gift doesn’t merely end in Jesus’ birth. As a matter of fact, it was just the beginning. Thinking it over, Jesus’ lifestyle on His stay here on earth has a long list of gifts just waiting to be opened. It is jam-packed with knowledge and wisdom which was utterly shared for our own good. It’s like you are opening a new gift each time you read the Bible and mumble a prayer of thanks, and usually, follows a long list of ‘wanted gifts’ as well. His death was the climax of His precious gift with a grand conclusion of resurrection.

I think it doesn’t matter whether other people celebrate it the way they know it, as long as Christians celebrate it the way they know it. Putting Jesus Christ above all things. Above all those presents, parties and gatherings.

If angels, shepherds and wise men took the effort to celebrate Christ’s birth, why can’t we?

When the angels knew that Jesus Christ had been born - They celebrated.

When the shepherd found Jesus on the manger - They celebrated.

When the wise men found Jesus on a house (after two years) - They celebrated.

But wait. They haven’t seen him physically yet when they started celebrating. The thought and the belief that Jesus Christ had been born started the celebration in their hearts.

And it doesn’t matter what time frame they were there to celebrate it. That’s the fascinating part about it. Celebrating Christ’s birth is not constricted in a specific time frame. Any true believer can celebrate it anytime, even everyday. Jesus’ birth is a gift of all ages; not bounded with time.

I have read once in a book that God had opened his heart when He gave Jesus, isn’t it time to open yours?



On one Christmas season, while Ynny was eating her breakfast, she greeted Jesus,

“Happy Birthday Lord, whenever it is…truly”

On the next morning, she did the same,

“Thank you for coming to Earth to save me.”

And on the following days, and every time she remembers,

“Thank you for coming.”

But one day, she asked,

“Why are there not any specific records of Your birth? Some historical records survived. Why haven’t you allowed Yours to be known?”

It took days, but somehow, she got an answer,

“It is better that way. Each man accepts Me in their hearts in their own special time, and that is when I am truly born in their lives to save them. That is when they can truly celebrate My birthday, the True Christmas. For my coming to earth is beyond the physical birth as you can see. When they Take Me as their Christ, then the essence of True Christmas will take place”