15/12/2017
As I was saying wise men travelled from the East to find the New Born King and what did they bring, gifts for the New Born. Unfortunately in our day people demand gifts, my dear reader, it is not your birthday we are celebrating, nooo it is his birthday, he and He alone should get the gifts. Just imagine for a moment, we are celebrating your birthday and all is about us, New clothes, rich foods, wines and all sorts of gifts without a thought for you, without an invitation even, and then we want you to validate our celebration as your birthday celebrations. Wouldn't you be livid, wouldn't you feel slighted, mocked even hated. That's how the Lord feels when we purport to commemorate his birth but all we do is to insult him. And if this is a Christian Holy Day how is it that it is celebrated in such unchristian manner. My view is that we either as Christians abandon the thing all together or celebrate it in a way that glorifies God only. What about fasting on 24,25 and 26. Just a suggestion, otherwise we are giving credence to an abomination and a facade. This season make a difference, celebrate differently. Do not join those who mock the Lord, don't join those who sought to kill the baby in the guise of worshipping Him. Let your celebration be sober, let Christ be the most permeating thought in whatever you are going to do. Don't join the world in debauchery, do not let down your guard. That way your Christianity will convert a day dedicated to idolatry to a day of worship and selflessness. Let this Christmas be different.