It's Christmas???

Wow I can't believe it!
The year has gone by
like a twinkle of the eye...
Vite vite vite!!!

I feel like I just started my 3rd year in University, and it's already gone! If it weren't for the abundant snow, the Christmas decorations and the overly-stressed population, I wouldn't have a clue as to what is going on!

Well even though I am not really in a ''Christmas mood'', I still appreciate and try to ultimately remember the exact 'reason for the season'.

It's been a year since my baptism,
and the trials just keep coming!
But it's all good because I have Him in me!
Even though the enemy pushes hard, I know I've got the victory!

Well anyways let's stop the rhyming and get back to business...
I decided to write this not only to wish everyone a Merry Merry Christmas, but also to let everyone remember the reason for our CHRISTmas.

It's sad to me that these holliday seasons have become so ''commercialized''. With Easter, these two remarkable events have gone to such an extreme that people all over the world start to actually think nothing else than Christmas=gifts/Easter=chocolate eggs...

Well maybe some day we will all see the truth accordingly...
As much as I am sad,
I rejoice and I am glad!
Even though we are blinded by the enemy's snares,
(because ''the spirirt says that in later time some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons''
(1 Timothy 4:1) --- Jesus takes care of you and me

And that is why we should not only offer gifts to our loved and not-so-loved ones, but also offer gifts to God daily - Jesus said that ''if anyone should come after (me), he must deny himself and take up his cross DAILY and follow (me).'' (Luke 9:23)

So in this season let us not forget that it is truly because of Jesus that we receive all these ''gifts'' - the symbole of Jesus' birth is one of the most powerful, since it leads us to the time ahead: what He did for us on the cross.

Let us always remember that ''all this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 'The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel' - which means, 'God (is) with us'.'' (Matthew 1:22,23)

Merry CHRISTmas everyone and have a wonderful new year, hoping that you choose to live it lovingly and wisely, always keeping your eyes on the prize: the kingdom of heaven is at hand, ''repent and believe in the good news!'' (Mark 1:15)