| | So, I've been thinking about this for a while and I finally decided to write it.
Now, keep in mind, it's now 4:00 AM and I'm a little out of it right now, so this may not make sense, but I'm going to try anyway.
Since it's now officially the "Christmas Season" I thought I would share my thoughts on this holiday. First off...I love Christmas, I love the cold weather and the twinkle lights, and seeing my family. But recently Christmas has been commercialized.
The first thing most people think of when they hear the word Christmas is presents and shopping...not the birth of Jesus.
Up until about two years ago, Christmas was my favorite holiday, but it changed, and I'll tell you why later.
Before that I would like to share something I thought of the other day. I was driving around, flipping through the radio channels. I flipped to 103.3 and heard Christmas music...it was one of those "modern" songs where they just sing about the fuzzy warm feeling people get at Christmas and about being with the ones you love. And even though I only heard a few notes, it gave me chills because it felt so hollow and empty. Modern Christmas songs always make me feel like that...lonely and depressed....I know it sounds weird, but I think it's because of what is missing...Jesus. They sing of being with a significant other and mistletoe. I've been with significant others during the holidays, and for me...I'm kind of looking forward to not having one this year.
Christmas is not about toys or significant others...it's about Jesus and about family...after all Jesus was born into a family on that day. So this holiday, I'm looking forward to being with my family and having no other distractions. The freedom I feel this Christmas is overwhelming. I still love the old classic Christmas songs. But since the holiday has been commercialized, the modern songs reflect this, and thus feel empty and lonely.
But enough of my rant...I promised to tell you my new favorite holiday
And that is Easter.
Two years ago, I went to Harvest for the Easter service and it was absolutely amazing...it hit me that year what Easter is really about. Jesus rose from the dead after he died for our sins.
Yes, Christmas is a great holiday because it celebrates the birth of Jesus...God becoming man. It's certainly an awesome event and should be celebrated. But Easter to me is just so powerful. We celebrate the fact that Jesus ROSE FROM THE DEAD after DYING FOR OUR SINS!!!
Yes, Easter has also become slightly commercialized, but it's not even close to what has become of Christmas. We dedicate a whole month to Christmas (and it seems like we start celebrating earlier every year)
Anyway, like I said, I'm tired and I've kinda lost my train of thought but the bottom line is...Christmas is great but let's not forget about Easter...and let's try to remember Jesus at Christmas instead of focusing on the presents
peace
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