Almost Christmas.

Ahh..it's that season of the year again. This is my 3rd Christmas away from home, guess i'm used to it already. Christmas here would be dreadful if not for the wonderful people God placed around me.
And i love Christmas because:
1. Its a HOLIDAY!
2. Beautiful decorations
3. Great sales!! ooh!
But what truly matters is;
4. The reason for Christmas itself-the day our Lord came down to Earth.
Most people ignore that. How sad. What's the meaning of Christmas without Christ?

I wonder if i could ever have such a great capacity to love just as Jesus did. I doubt it. Sometimes i even doubt whether i love Him because i need Him and i have been taught since young to do so, or because i really love Him for who He is. Is there a difference? I don't know. I just know i gotta love Him because He first loved me.

How could a King and a God leave His heavenly throne, His riches and angelic hosts in heaven to come down to earth and be born in a dirty old manger with ordinary parents?

I often complain that life isn't fair. Not only to me, but to others as well. Like the construction workers i see everyday on my way to class, toiling under the hot sun for a meager income. Like the maids who do horrid chores all day, but never appreciated. Lazy and unrighteous people who enjoy their money while the poor continue living in misery. And they always tell us youths in church,"You have a great destiny, yes, God has plans for you, to prosper and bless you! You shall be the head and not the tail!..blah blah blah." Of course it sounds good but not every Christian end up being rich, or a famous preacher or a missionary. What about the rest? Aren't they loved by God too? The world can be so unfair, and sometimes i can't bear it anymore.

But i guess if i were to complain about unfairness, then Jesus would've much to complain to the Father too. Why does He have to come down and die a horrible death for our sins? That's just so not fair. Perhaps there's nothing fair at all. And because of that unfairness to Jesus, all of us are saved. Given another chance. Well, i can't complain after all, can I?