Monday, December 24, 2012

A Christmas Journey



First and foremost, I would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas! The Lord has blessed me in many ways, and the Christmas season is always a great reminder of that, especially when it comes to family and friends. All I have to do is look at my families fridge to see wonderful Christmas photos of different families we know, and it brings much joy to me.
Besides being very thankful for all my friends and family, I have been spending this time of Advent reflecting on The Nativity, the Birth of Christ. I thought about writing this whole blog on it, on that specific birth, but I decided to go a different path. I know most of my friends have a good understanding and love for the real meaning of Christmas, the beauty that is the birth of Christ, and because of that, I have decided I want to focus on something that sometimes gets forgotten in this wonderful story, that being the Three Wise Men. I know the Epiphany is not celebrated for a few more days, but I think the Wise Men are something that we, as Christians, can relate to.
There is not much known about the Three Wise Men, as they only appear in the Gospel of Matthew, but the basics are known- they were three Magi coming from the East and they went to Jerusalem for one sole purpose, which was to give homage to the King of the Jews (Matt 2:2). They had been following a star in the sky, and it eventually led them to Bethlehem. When they finally arrived, they offered the newborn child Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh, and gave him homage. Their whole story is only twelve verses in the whole bible (Matt 2:1-12). With so little known about them, and with such a small part, why have I chose to speak about them?
Really, because of that small role. I am not able to truly do justice to the “baby in the crib” but the Wiseman, I think I can talk a little about them. And I mean, just a little.
These three men, which have been my background on my Macbook for a few weeks now, where just Men. They were nothing more. Just as the Shepherds, they came and visited the Christ, and gave him homage and gifts. I think this is suppose to be how we are.
Look at it like this. The Wise Men travelled a great distance to see the Lord. We, just like the Wise Men, must travel great distances through life, and eventually, we hope and pray to see the Lord, and then we too can give him homage, when we celebrate in Eternal Happiness with him. The gifts they bring and present to him? We too have been given gifts in our life, also known as our special talents, and we must give these to the Lord as often as possible, must use them for his greater Glory. It may seem that our gifts are more like the Shepherds, almost non-existent, and not flashy as Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh, but the Lord meets us where we are at, and as long as our gifts are being used for his greater glory, and our sincere, then the Lord is happy.
In closing, we must remember that Christmas does not end after the 25th of December, but continues on in our every day lives. The Lord is always calling us on to grow closer to him, if we only accept  his love and graces. The Baby Jesus lay in a Manger this Christmas. 
Will you go and give him Homage? Do it by the way you live. 


"He died for me, so I must live for him." 

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