Birth of Jesus

Matthew 1:21

"She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."


馬 太 福 音 1:21

"他 將 要 生 一 個 兒 子 ． 你 要 給 他 起 名 叫 耶 穌 ． 因 他 要 將 自 己 的 百 姓 從 罪 惡 裡 救 出 來 。"


The birth of Jesus marks the significance of God's salvation plan. He is to save us from our sins. If we are capable of saving ourselves from our sins, God doesn't need to send Jesus to this world to die for our sins.

The worldly view of Christmas doesn't mark the real meaning of why we celebrate Christmas. It's not because we get Christmas presents in Boxing Day. We celebrate Christmas because our saviour king Jesus was born more than 2000 years ago. It is not merely a public holiday for us to enjoy.

Perhaps, it is a good time to think once again for now and the future.

• What can we do to love God more?
  
• What can we do to love brothers and sisters more?
  
• What can we do to move our relationship with God towards an upper gear?
• What can we do to reach out more for the people who are still looking for Jesus?

I treasure 2011 as it had been full of blessing. Even little things like getting home safely from work everyday is a huge blessing! Yet we don't really think about it, especially if we had a bad day. Getting to church and have fellowship with brothers and sisters is another huge blessing that we often don't think about.

I do not recall clearly the reason why I started this blog in the first place. It was primarily for quiet time purposes but now I know it is much more than that. God's love is always around and I am not here to hide it from others. Spread the love! Jesus loves us all!