Christmas means many and different things to so many people.
If Christmas means family, then what does Christmas mean to a person who has just lost a loved one or someone who has no family?
If Christmas means shopping malls, Christmas trees and blinking lights, then what does Christmas mean to a family who lives in a remote village, on the Koma Hills in Yola (Adamawa State, Nigeria); where there is no electricity, let alone a shopping mall or ever even seen a Christmas tree?
If Christmas means giving and receiving gifts, then what does Christmas mean to a single mother of 4 children; working 2 jobs and barely having enough money to pay for house rent and buy food?
If Christmas means snow falling from the sky to cover the ground and bare tree limbs, then what does Christmas mean to a person who lives in the Sahara desert?
NOW – please do not misunderstand this piece... family, trees, lights, food and gifts are all fine and good, and they can be very beneficial, BUT they are not what Christmas really means.
Family is good! Family time that invokes the name of Jesus is better!
Giving is good! Giving in Jesus name is better!
Thankfulness is good! Thankfulness to Jesus is better!
Christmas without Jesus, no matter how good it is, just isn’t Christmas!
Christmas with Jesus is the best!
