The True Meaning of Christmas

Christmas is in the air! Everybody is on their feet.Buying things for their monito monita. Preparing gifts for their inaanak, friends, relatives and love ones. But before we forget why we have the so called "CHRISTMAS", let me share to you the story that I just read. 

There was once a man who didn't believe in the spiritual meaning of Christmas. His wife was a devout believer and he sometimes gave her a hard time about her faith and mocked her religious observance of Christmas.

One snowy Christmas she was taking their children to the service at church. She pleaded to him to come, but firmly refused. He ridiculed the idea of the incarnation of Christ and dismissed it as nonsense. "Why would God lower himself and become a human like us? It's such a ridiculous story!" he said. So she and the children left for church while he stayed at home.

After they left, the winds grew stronger and the snow turned into a blizzard. As he looked out the window, all he saw was a blinding snowstorm. Then he heard a commotion. He looked out but couldn't see anything, so he ventured outside. In he field near his house he saw a flock of geese. They had got caught in the snow storm. The snow had become too blinding and violent for the geese to fly or see their way. They were lost and stranded on his farm, with no food or shelter.

He had compassion for them and thought to himself, "The barn would be a great place for the geese to stay. It's warm and safe." So he walked over to the barn and opened the doors. He waited, watching them, hoping they would notice the open barn and go inside. But they just fluttered around aimlessly and didn't notice the barn or realize what it could mean for them. He moved closer toward them to get their attention, but they just moved away from him out of fear. He went into the house and came back out with some bread, broke it up, and made a bread trail leading to the barn. They still didn't catch on.

Starting to get frustrated, he went over and tried to shoo them, run after them and chase them toward the barn. Nothing he did could get them to go into the barn where there there was warmth, safety, and shelter.

Feeling Frustrated, he exclaimed, "Why they don't follow me? Can't they see this is the only place where they can survive the storm? How can I get them into the one place to save them?" He thought for a moment and realized that they just won't follow a human. The only way would be for me to become like those geese. If only I could become like one of hem, then I could save them. They would follow me and I would lead them to safety."

He stood silently for a moment as the words that he just said reverberated back to himself in his mind: "If only I could become like one of them, then I could save them." He thought about his words, and remembered what he said to his wife: "Why would God want to be like us? That's so ridiculous." Something clicked in his mind as he put these two together. It was like a revelation, and he begun to understand the incarnation. We were like the geese; blind, gone astray, perishing. God became like us. That is the meaning of Christmas, he realized in his heart.

As the winds and blinding snow abated, his heart became quiet and he pondered this thought. He finally understood what Christmas was all about. He knew why Christ had come. Suddenly years of doubt and disbelief were shattered, as he humbly and tearfully bowed down in the snow, and embraced the true meaning of Christmas.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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