REAL MEANING OF CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS!

Just a week before Christmas I had a visitor. It was Christmas eve, I heard a noise in the front of the house. I opened the door to the front room, and to my surprise, Santa himself stepped out from behind the Christmas tree.  "What are you doing?" I started to ask. The words choked up in my throat, and I saw that he had tears in his eyes. His usual jolly manner was gone. Gone was the eager, boisterous soul we all know. He then answered me: "TEACH THEM REAL MEANING!"

I was puzzled, what did he mean? He anticipated my question, and with one quick movement brought forth a miniature toy bag from behind the tree. As I stood bewildered, Santa said, "Teach them the old meaning of Christmas".The meaning of Christmas that nowadays has been forgotten.

Santa then reached in his bag and pulled out a FIR TREE and placed it before the mantle. "Teach everyone that the pure green color of the fir tree remains green all year round, depicting the everlasting love of Christ, All the needles point heavenward, making it a symbol of man's thoughts turning toward heaven".

He again reached into his bag and pulled out a brilliant STAR. Said he "Teach them that the star was the heavenly sign of promises long ago. God promised a Savior for the world, and the star was the sign of the fulfillment of His promise".

He then reached into his bag and pulled out a CANDLE. Teach everyone that the candle symbolizes that Christ is the light of the world, and when we see this great light, we are reminded of He who displaces the darkness.

Once again he reached into his bag and removed a WREATH and placed it on the tree. Teach them that the wreath symbolizes the real nature of love. Real love never ceases.

He then brought out a HOLLY LEAF. Teach the children that the holly plant represents immortality. It represents the crown of thorns worn by our Savior. The red holly berries represent the blood that He shed for us.

Next he pulled from his bag a GIFT and said,

"Teach them that God so loved the world that whoever believes in Him shall have everlasting life." (John 3:16) Thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift.

"Teach the children that the WISE MEN bowed before the Holy Baby and presented Him with gold, frankincense and myrrh. We should always give gifts in the same spirit of the of wise men.

Santa then reached in his bag and pulled out a CANDY CANE and hung it on the tree.

Teach them that the candy cane represents the shepherd's crook. The crook on the staff helps to bring strayed sheep back to the flock. The candy cane is the symbol that we are our brother's keeper.

He reached in again and pulled out an ANGEL.

Teach them that it was the angels that heralded the glorious news of the Savior's birth. The angels sang: "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men of good will."

Suddenly I heard a soft tinkling sound, and from his bag he pulled out a BELL.

Teach them that as the lost sheep are found by the sound of the bell, it should bring mankind to the fold. The bell symbolizes guidance and return.

Santa looked back and was pleased. He looked back at me and I saw that the twinkle was back in his eyes.

He said, "Remember, TEACH THEM the true meaning of Christmas and do not put me in the center. For I am but a humble servant of the One that is, and I bow down to worship Him, Our Lord, Our God. Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid or dismayed for the Lord your God is with you

wherever you go." (Joshua 1:9)

Thank you God

GOD! So Divine and precious, send us on earth to see, to hear, to speak, to walk, to love, to make a difference among other religions. So that other can see how the son of God is worth the ecstasy of heavens.
Being so perfect, God made a man and a women, who will preside over and see how beautiful the world is. There is no such creature on this world who is comparable with a human being. Wonderful mind, amazing senses and everything. Nature, God gave it to man so that he can use the resources and cultivate more, But with so much of devastation Gods beautiful resources have been affected a lot by human being.
Why god made so imperfect man that he doesn’t use his heart before corrupting life on earth? Brother killing brother, Son not respecting father, relations missing there meanings , Jesus came on this earth so that he can die for the sins of people, so that every kind of hatred must go and every sin must be removed from our heart. But, we forget nowadays that Jesus died on the cross, The way we are forgetting Christ, beware that Christ might forget you when you want him. On good Friday , Easter and Christmas the churches are full of congregation but what about other Sundays? We don’t even care, Jesus is looking all this, he knows which is my true sheep. As God doesn’t forget us every second, we also must not forget him. Jesus have given us so many ways to remember him. Say Thanks to God right after reading this article, Even if we are not perfect, Say thanks for the Mersey he have given to us, Say thanks for his beautiful life, Say thanks to Jesus because he died for us on cross, Say thanks for every single second he remember us, Say thanks for loving us so much.
SAY, THANK YOU JESUS!!
Upasna Wilson-05/07/2007

First Faith

Ever wondered who encountered us with god???
First meeting with almighty god was held by my own dad.
That’s also planned by our father which arts in heaven.
When holding hands of my father I wonder how god looks like, what he do, where is he???
The questions were answer less but my father told me that have faith on god and you will get all your answer’s.
I got my faith on god and got all my answers, that there is a living god who listen to us.
When we pray he answers our prayers.
He forgive us for the sins we commit everyday.
Ever thought, gods love is so unconditional.
He don’t want anything he just give us whatever we want, whatever we need but at right time,
all we need is patience.
The thing he need is our faith on him.
Faith that must not be indecisive because wavering faith is like a wave in a sea driven with a wind and tossed.
Must not be double mind, god doesn’t want an unstable sheep.
He loves us so much that he gave us his own begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
I got all my answers with time, I believed on my god.
Not because my father told me, because I saw him doing wonders for me.
He have so many blessings for us that if we count them, it will take another life to pen them on a piece of paper.
Just have Faith, god loves us.
-UPASNA WILSON

FRIDAY MORNING

“It was a Friday morning
That they took me from the cell,
And I saw they had a carpenter
To crucify a well.
You can blame it on Pilate
You can blame it on Jews
You can blame it on Devils,
Its God I accuse
Its God they ought to crucify
Instead of You and me,
I said to the carpenter
A hanging on the tree.”
“Now Barabbas was a killer
And they let Barabbas go.
But you are being crucified
For nothing here below.
But God is up in heaven
And He doesn’t do a thing
With a million angels watching
And they never move a wing.
It’s God they ought to crucify
Instead of you and me,
I said to the carpenter
A hanging on the tree."