Merry Christmas

Wanna get into Christmas mood? Here we go with a little Christmas post.For some years now I don’t have that sort of “Christmas mood” anymore, or rather, I’ve been actively resisting this disguisting whirl of doing something because we just do it. We put up lights, because it looks so beautiful, so warm. We light candles, just because it’s done that way. And we run around like weirdos making a big sensation out of this Christmas season, without getting any point, without getting anything out of it. Maybe we’re pretending some kind of “oh, wonderful feast of love” and “Christ is born” atmosphere. But - be honest! - how much has celebrating Christmas deepened your understanding and revelation about what God has done and, did you ever feel a stronger satisfaction and fulfilment with His divine love afterwards? What increased so far was my understanding about seasonal commercial strategies.Alright. I’m not gonna abolish Christmas. No way. Just to stir you and me up a bit.I’m going home for Christmas and that’s why I’m gonna visit my former traditional church on Christmas Eve. Few days ago I caught myself thinking “I’m actually going there now for no other reason than the unbelievers: Just to meet my good ole friends and wish them merry Christmas, because I actually don’t want to sit in a building that might be 5 degree warmer than outside, and I don’t want to hear religious talk, and I don’t want to find myself in a cloud of my condensing breath when I sing”.People, I want to know this “Holy Infant so tender and mild” who seems to be so distant, so unreal, so disconnected from whom I know as my Lord Jesus. Still, it is Him indeed! God became man. The Almighty Creator of the universe said, “I’m gonna solve that mess down there. My Son, you will become a real son of man. Put on flesh, walk over this earth doing good, healing and delivering everyone that is tortured by sickness and disease, everyone that is caught up in addictions and depressions, everyone that is oppressed by the devil. Show them who I am. Demonstrate how I am. They shall see my nature in you. And tell them that I still love them. Tell them the good news that despite all the things they did they can now return to the original plan, to the fullness I prepared for them in the beginning…” And Christ…

…who, being in very nature God,did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,but made himself nothing,taking the very nature of a servant,being made in human likeness.And being found in appearance as a man,he humbled himselfand became obedient to death—even death on a cross!

Philippians 2:6-8

I want to meditate on this truth, on this amazing love and kindness and rejoice over my wonderful Savior. Oh, how I wanna jump up from the pew shouting “Christ, my Savior is booooohhhhooorrn, Chrihiiiist, my Saaaaaavior is born!!!!”

Merry Christmas, all ye faithful (readers)!

I’m still dreaming of a white one