What Christmas Means to Me
As Irvin saw all the Christmas lights, heard the Christmas carols and observed all the celebrations, he paused to ask himself: What does Christmas really mean to me? I’m aware of the miracle of the virgin birth. I know about the angels appearing to the shepherds the night Jesus was born in Bethlehem. I’ve read about the Wise Men being led by the special star until they came to the place where the Christ child lay. I’ve heard about the miracles and the healings Jesus performed during His time on earth. But what did the coming of Jesus to the earth mean for me personally? One scripture answered my question and changed my life forever. It is found in 2 Corinthians 5: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto...