So, if any of you know me very well, you will know that I love Christmas. I love all of it, it brings out the child in me.
What you may not know though, is why I love it so much. You know that I am an excitable person so I love all the decorations and outfits. You know that I love chocolate so advent is just the bomb. You know that I'm a complete sop so any Christmas film will make my heart warm. You know I love singing so being in a choir and performing makes me feel alive. You know that I'm a Christian so I have religious reasons to enjoy it. Jesus humbled himself and came as a baby? Wow.
These are all reasons why I enjoy Christmas. Not why I love Christmas. Let me tell you why I love Christmas.
Christmas is a season of hope, of light. When I was in year 4, I was asked why Christmas was in winter, and my 9 year old answered: "because Jesus is the light of the world, and so we celebrate him in the darkest of seasons."
This is the most true things I've even said, except now it has a much more personal reason.
"The people walking in darkness have seen a great light: Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death. Upon them a light as shined."
"In him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome it."
Most people are aware that I suffer from depression. I cannot explain how truly awful it is, but being 'in the valley of the shadow of death' surely sounds a lot like it.
There's a song that says 'I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on.'
This is how I hold on. Every year I am reminded of the light, Jesus.
Everytime I see a candle, of lights decorated out the houses, I think of the light which darkness cannot overcome. No matter how dark my depression gets, I'm reminded that it cannot overcome the light.
I am so unbelievably grateful for this reminder every year.
Now don't get me wrong, I love all the other parts of Christmas as well, but the light is the true reason I love it.
God Bless.
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