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Tags: Church Year, Friends, Family
Date: 24 December 2010 13:31:02
Christmas is so often portrayed as having it all, we all want to create that “perfect” Christmas, often described as that “perfect Christmas with loved ones”. But what happens when you can’t have it all? What happens when you happily spread your loved ones out round the UK, where even if you had some magic wand and could have them all in the one place, the possible explosions really aren’t worth it? I am spending Christmas this year again with wonderful friends, and I know it will be a great day, as there is no pressure to make it perfect, which in someways makes it perfect. But by being with them, I am not with other friends, or with my family. I’ll miss my family on Christmas day, but know that if I was actually with them I would be going up the wall! I spend most of the year being a ridiculous optimist, apart from Christmas when somehow I become a pessimist. Not sure why, but Christmas really isn’t my favourite time of year. As a Christian I often feel really bad about that, if I can’t feel optimistic about the secular side, surely I should engage with the religious aspect, but somehow it feels forced. I love God partly because he gives us free will to love him, he doesn’t force us in to it. He freely loves us, and therefore we can chose to love him, but sometimes, those around us make us feel that we should love God more at this time, but actually the freedom to choose is real love.