JOY

JOY 24/12/07 11.31pm

What is truly joy? What shape is it supposed to come in? Is it recognizable? What does it truly mean? Well…JOY. It is just what it is.

Staying back allowed me to experience a Christmas like none other. It is just Christmas Eve now as I type this, but I can truly experience Christmas. It is different really. It is the same. The packaging of a gift might be different, but the heart of the giver would always be beautiful. And so, this is the same. Joy came, not just in having enough food or funny things that others do, or even huge presents. It is joy, being in the company of a family. Just being in their midst would not be enough though. What really makes it special is the presence of Christ and His peace and love among brothers and sisters-in-Christ. Tonight, it had been a wonderful night. Simple, yet full of Joy.

My dear friends, Joy does not come freely though. Great and wonderful as it is, it is given as a gift to us. For you see, we are but just sinners on this Earth. We did lots (or maybe a little) of bad things (sin(s), if you prefer a term to call it) and we should be punished for that. Yet, God loved us so much that He sent Jesus to die on the Cross for you and me. It’s a price to pay for our sins. Why, you would ask? Simply because people like us would end up in hell, without someone redeeming us. So, in this joyous season, grab this opportunity that you would have, to deeply understand the meaning of Christmas, and furthermore, have great JOY in your heart. It came at the expense of Jesus. At this Christmas time, long long ago, Jesus was born for you and me.

Blessed Christmas!

And may your coming year be full of surprises, hopes, dreams and events that would put colours to your LIFE !!