The True Meaning Of Christmas | Collaboration With asprinkleoflaughter
Before I start, sorry for being MIA these past 2 weeks. I had some posts ready but they were not to do with Christmas soI thought I would just save them for another day BUT this is my first collaboration which is why I'm really excited for this post! I will be colllaborating with asprinkleoflaughter! She will be writing a similar blog post to mine but hers is to do with religious meanings and about spreading the love for Christmas! I will post a link down below to her amazing blog/blog post! So let's begin...
What is the true meaning of Christmas? A lot of people are going to say the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. That is 100% on point. But there's more to it. Growing up, when I was in primary school, the birth of Jesus was always focused on. How he was born in a stable, given Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh, how the three wise men visited him by following the star. These were all key features in which we learn/t about. It's a story that we more or less all know.
However, some may know the story of Jesus's birth but may not be able to relate or understand how it links to our lives. In many ways, the birth of Jesus links to our own personal journeys, which is why we celebrate Christmas every year- as if to remind us of our personal growth which links to his birth.
Before y'all close this because you don't get a word of what I'm saying, just give me a minute boo!
We all celebrate Christmas for different reasons, right? Some for the religious side of it like Jesus's birth, some because everybody else is celebrating it, some because they like receiving presents and some because it's just the general festive period that gets them up and celebrating but regardless, we all feel a certain way when this time of year rolls around. We all feel...
Love. Loving. Loved.
The love of December, the love of having your family around, the love of looking forward to something, the love of remembering great memories. The love of God. And personally, for me, that's the true meaning of Christmas and there's nothing more than the birth of Christ that portrays this. Linking back to what I was saying about personal journeys, Christmas is the time of year where we should take the time to stop, reflect and appreciate how far we've come. And to love every moment of it. It sounds annoyingly corny but Christmas comes only once every year.
Everyday we stress, we fret, we grow anxious, we go through life's daily challenges. Some people even stray from the festive feeling. They remember a loved one who has passed, sometimes they focus on the negatives of the year, they feel 'lost', But this is the time of year to change that. A new year is soon coming with soooooo many opportunities for you. Small and big. But before it comes, we need to take the time to breathe and to look at the progress we've made. This relates to us all. It's part of our journey after all!
The birth of Jesus is honestly like the birth of new beginnings. If anyone did not know this, I've recently developed a fear of change. Like since September. I'm in my last year of secondary school and anyone who is in there last year would understand the daunting knowledge that next year, everything is going to change because things will get a lot harder and adulthood is approaching quicker than we thought. But we take growing older for granted, we often wish we were younger but this Christmas, I just want to take a break to appreciate this time and MY personal growth. Appreciate myself and my loved ones because I love Christmas and although everyone's PERSONAL meaning of Christmas is different, I feel like the overall/deeper meaning is to remember to be loving, to love this new chapter that's almost about to be opened and that we are loved by God most high <3
Thanks for reading, have an amazing Christmas guys! I know not everyone is religious or is a Christian. But it's important to remember why we even have a Christmas. X
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."
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