Now there is this world acclaimed holiday we celebrate every December 25th that doesn't seem to fit the mold of winter. On this day we come together to bring joy to everyone we can encounter. The common tradition is to give gifts to those that mean the most to you in order to bring some form of happiness into their life. Christmas is a holiday meant to bring both joy and hope to the world.
So why is it that this holiday falls in the middle of a desolate season?
Maybe there is something deeper than beautiful snowfall, cold winds, and long shopping lines that encompass the holiday of Christmas.
Is there a chance that the principles of hope and joy are meant to reflect what Christ brought us in the middle of our most desperate times?
You see, the winter of our life is hopeless and full of despair. We don't know when it will end but we are constantly seeking a means of relief. We would give almost anything to end the blizzard that our life has become.
Then this gift-giving holiday arrives. We wake up early and expect to find a years worth of bliss under a giant green tree. There has to be more to this day than the kind of happiness money can buy. Most of us know there is more. This holiday has much deeper purpose than what we've focused it on. On Christmas we celebrate the birth of a Savior. Many people shun Him and turn His holiday into one set on consumerism, but there are those that don't, they understand why we celebrate in the dead of winter.
It's because Christ comes in the grim of our lives. When we are down and out, when our heart is cold, and when there is no hope on the horizon,
Christ is there.
He's our relief. He's the ray of light that peaks through the clouds of the snow storm.
We celebrate Christmas in the winter because Christ came to carry us into spring.
All the hope and joy we could ever ask for came to us while we were still sinners. The birth of a child meant much more than we could ever imagine. As Christ began to develop here on Earth our lives quickly began to change.
He came in the dead of winter so that we could have hope for the seasons to come.
Spring Is On The Horizon,
Shane
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