"Merry Christmas!" This greeting brings so much joy to my heart. "Congratulations!" and "Good job!" are expressions of goodwill that can inspire people to do better but "Merry Christmas!" is absolutely on a league of its own.

It reminds us of what it says in Isaiah 9:6-7: "For a Child is born to us, a Son is given to us. The government will rest on ( Read more... )

I could still remember how my heart would beat in excitement as I check out my gifts placed under the heavily decorated Christmas tree. As a child, the opening of gifts was definitely my Christmas highlight.

As time passed, I slowly realized that the gift-giving was just a symbolism of the Greatest Gift of all: "For God so loved the world, that HE ( Read more... )

Christmas is a wonderful time of the year when people have a deep sense of hope, joy, peace and goodwill. It is unlike any other holiday because this is when the world celebrates the birth of the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.

All the gift-giving, which is characteristic of Christmas, is just a representation of the greatest Gift of all -- "For ( Read more... )