How Christmas has changed for me Throughout the Years.

How Christmas has changed for me throughout the Years.

In a sense, it's still the same holiday but I think if I am going to talk about how I think it's changed, I really have to talk about how I traditionally celebrated it and how I celebrate it now. Growing up Christmas was always my favourite time of the year, there always used to be sense of goodwill during this time of year. I'm not making this up, but traditionally people used to really lift each other's hearts up during this time of year. I don't think we over celebrated this time of year. When I was in my 20's I didn't really celebrate the way that I used to, I was on a spiritual path and I enjoyed Christmas in a different way.

I believed Christ could be found within ourselves and it was our job to worship the Christ that exists in all people. Of course that is a strange way at looking at salvation because obviously not everyone believes in Jesus, so how could he exists in all people? The way that I describe that now is that we are all made in the image of God, so it is our common humanity that we don't worship, but recognize as vessels that can contain divinity. The bible teaches that when we believe in God, we partake in the divine nature. The Holy Spirit actually lives in us when we believe.

I don't think it is accurate to say that we are god's , but in a real sense we all share in what Jesus did for us on the cross. His birth gave us himself, in a real way, Christ can live in each one of us! We share his humanity and we can partake in the salvation offered to us through his gospel. I don't think we need to fear anything or anyone in this world, I personally relate to the message that Christ in his humanity can relate to me, and my frailties, because I sure am not perfect. I like to thank Jesus personally through my faith this time of year, because I recognize that He died for my sin, as the Son of God, and I know that if I allow it, God can live in my heart through faith. Merry Christmas!

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