Christmas is just 15 mins away...so, i'm gonna do a bit of reflection here. when i was a kid, Christmas equated to presents. i had loads of them back in those days. I knew the meaning behind Christmas, celebrating the birth of Jesus. That was what i was taught in sunday school. but i never really understood what was so fantastic about Christmas. I'd think...Jesus was not even born on the exact Christmas day and so, i never felt like Christmas was a very big deal. I'd look forward to it no doubt...to the end-year parties, writing Christmas cards and the Spirit of giving that followed the festive season.

But yesterday, Ps Daniel gave a very good illustration about the Christmas story...and for once, i heard it with new insight. Quoting from Matthew 1vs 23 in the Bible, it says: Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."

Jesus was also called Immanuel which means God with us. man and God were separated because of sin. And Jesus came as human to bear our sins and crucify them on the cross, though He himself is sinless. And now, we can have that relationship with God our Maker. Jesus is God...and He has walked among us as a human being in order to rebuild this relationship between God and man.

Hence Jesus was also known as Immanuel, God with us. And Christmas is to celebrate the fact that we no longer have to be separated from God but from this day hence forth, we can choose to have a relationship with our Maker and He'll always be with us till the very end. That's Christmas!

GOD BLESS YOU!!!