when I think of the circumstances surrounding Christmas, my heart breaks all over again for Mary. She must have lived under this cloud of carrying the Son of God, birthing him, having to escape with him and watch helplessly as he was killed.
what mother can take that?
The abandonment of Christ by the father led to the rescue of mankind.
“Father, father why have you forsaken me He cried”. That was a cry of deep agony, at the realisation that he has to go through with the most gruesome death on a cross.
Christ as a man forsaken, abandoned by his father.
The security He had in the knowledge that his father was always there was lost when He was beaten, striped and nailed to the cross.
He was not in doubt but was certain dying as a man that He was all alone. No one was coming for him. There will be no last minute rescue plan. He had to die.
His birth was not with funfare, His dead was. His purpose for being born fulfilled, to die was the price needed to fulfil the reason he was born. His life for that of many.
The deed was done, the price paid, man rescue by the blood of an innocent man. That is the reason for Christ Birth.
Now as celebrate His birth. Whether you believe in him or not, pause and reflect on why you do what you do every year?
Why the frantic gift shopping? why the endless buzz of activities which leaves us exhausted.
He was born to save you and me from sins clutches.
His birth gave us hope, at Christmas we remember why He came and that’s the reason we celebrate our freedom,
In a world full of pain, hatred and death. Christmas unites us in one Joyous celebration.
Christ is truly the prince of peace. Welcome him into your home this Christmas and enjoy the true meaning of Christmas.
Merry Christmas
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