Sunday, December 14, 2008

A certain look of sadness

Have you noticed that there is a certain look of sadness that has pervaded the sea of faces that we experience? Have you noticed how difficult it is to coax a smile from folks these days? Where has our happiness gone? Especially at Christmas where joy reigns. The music brings us joy. The 'magic" brings us joy. Has our daily life consumed our feelings of joy? Hard questions for a hard world.
Comedians are hard pressed to bring raucous laughter to a world in need of a good laugh. Many resort to jokes laced with distasteful inferences and verbal assaults on our civility to get a laugh. Others attempt to lessen the burdens of daily woes by pointing out the absurdities. Even smiles are not forthcoming because we perceive we have nothing to smile about in our day to day lives.

We are well into the celebration of Christmas. A celebration that brings joy to the world. The simplicity of the celebration has been lost to the materialistic world in which we live. We are bombarded by the stress of gift giving. The joy of Christmas is knowing that we have a Saviour who is Christ the Lord. The joy of Christmas is knowing that it is all about Love. God's supreme Love for mankind that sent his Son, Jesus Christ, into this world to save us from it.

Can you conjure a memory of the joys of Christmas that is special to you? Can you remember a special feeling of joy that made you tingle with excitement and anticipation? If you can that should make you smile. Are there Christmas songs that "get stuck in your head" and you find yourself humming, whistling or singing? That should make you smile. When you think of the true meaning of Christmas, that should certainly make you smile!

When we love God, we smile. When we love one another, we smile. Have a grateful heart! Try to overcome that certain look of sadness, SMILE!!

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