Festive season.
End of year season.
Celebrations.
Activities.
Reunions.
Travels.
Parties...
And what have you.
I personally love
this time of year for more reasons than one.
I am however reminded
by the above verse of scripture of the need to demonstrate and manifest the
message that the Angels brought to the shepherds on that first Christmas night
more than two thousand years ago.
In order not to make
a mockery of the celebration of Jesus' birth, let us all endeavour to make this
a season of peace and goodwill towards all people.
Romans Romans 14:19
renders it this way:
19 Let us
therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith
one may edify another.
So we need to make a
deliberate effort to look for ways to not only make peace but also to keep the
peace between us and everyone we have any connection with. It will not happen
by default, especially if there had been no love lost between us prior to this
time. Consciously, painstakingly therefore let us make peace our quest this
season, and that with all men.
For the avoidance of
doubt, peace means the same thing as reconciliation, unity, truce and
concord.
Goodwill is the
companion of peace in the above verse of scripture. It means kindness,
benevolence. There is none of us who is averse to being thought of and
treated with utmost regard. Well, let us spread that same sweet aroma around
this season by engaging everyone in our spheres in a manner that exemplifies
how we would like to be thought of and treated. Sincerely wish everyone well no
matter what.
This can only happen
though if we allow the peace of God to first rule in our hearts, because you
cannot give what you do not possess; Colosians 3:15.
I pray therefore that
the peace that Jesus brought to us will gird your heart and so overwhelm you
that it will become contagious to everyone you come across this festive season
and indeed always.
From my family to
yours, here's wishing you the merriest Christmas ever, devoid of any thing
apart from the tranquility and joy that Jesus' birth brought to us.
May the coming year
2016 also be your best year ever, you and your loved ones.
Joyeux Noël a tous!
Shalom
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ReplyDeleteThank you Suzie. Merry Christmas to you too.
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