Just pondering tonight how people's perspectives affect their beliefs. There are those who see everything as good and there are those who can find bad in almost everything. We are told in the Bible to think on the good things. Oh, we know there is evil all around us. It is all in what we choose to magnify. On the surface you may see a drop of water, but with a microscope you see a whole little world within the drop of water. It is teeming with life.
Over the last couple of years, I have allowed myself to be influenced by so many who only see the "bad" in things. Holidays that we celebrate have been dismantled in the name of "being right with our Creator." They go back to the pagan ways of every one of them. But yet, we are not celebrating the holidays like those they speak of are we? Absolutely not. I do believe in balance in this life. After all, Jesus said we are in the world not of the world. If we find out that the things we are celebrating have their roots in pagan traditions, surely we should not engage in such things. But may we celebrate the birth of our Savior? Of course we can and we should.
God sent his son into this world to save us sinners, and for that we should be eternally grateful. So this year, whether you celebrate or not, keep your focus on the fact that without the birth of Jesus, there would be nothing for us to celebrate. It is not about Santa Claus, Christmas trees, etc. It is about God sending his son to earth as a baby, allowing him to walk among us, and carry our sins to a wooden cross, because he loves us so much.
We must choose not to magnify all that is bad, but all that is very good. Blessings friends.
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