When you come home for Christmas

She was probably joking but it was something I reflected on. "When you come home for Christmas, come with someone".

Subconsciously, I had been checking men out but since I was meeting them while working (offering services), it's been strictly professional but deep down would hope I run into them after. I wonder how meeting them after was meant to work as I'm very anti-social...lol.

Anyway, to my disappointment, I got a call back from one. One who automatically thought he ruled my life without me agreeing to date him. It was creepy, confusing and annoying. Probably he was looking for a Christmas girlfriend too. Then I realized I had been missing my reason for the season. My Christmas was beginning to be about having a serious relationship, the type you spend holidays with. It was about romance and the little things we call love. Definitely, I was wrong!

Sacrificial love is the reason for the season.

John 3:16-18 MSG

“This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.

 “If our expectations for Christmas are gifts and time with family, we have set our expectations too low. Those are enjoyable and things we’re thankful for, but Christmas is the celebration of the coming of Christ and His redemption.” - Anonymous

We may experience disappointments or heartache during the Christmas season, but Jesus and His salvation always give us reason to celebrate. —Anne Cetas 

Jesus is always the reason to celebrate.

Whatever you do this holiday season, let men glorify the Lord 'cause of how they see you.