About Yearend n Yuletide Cheers

postin durin e Christmas period proved impossible due to heavy involvment in church..for e 1st time in 2 years since enterin e army..unless one considers the minor role played last year slip-shodly..

Christmas came n went swiftly with all e rehersals for our church play n the worship but i felt dat i din get to enjoy it to e fullest as a result..but i did enjoy my time spent with the teens..well one can't hav his cake n eat it...

i din realli experience all dat much christmas cheer n mirth thruout e period as most of my closest frens were overseas n there was no major gift-exchangin or rowdy celebration...there is a place for some commercial celebration of Christmas even for a christian i must say...

christmas shoppin n present givin do hav christian values of kindness, tolerance n love dat christians embrace...its just overdone n over-emphasised to e neglect of wat Christmas realli means..sittin back n havin some attention given to our closest loved ones thru gift-buyin, cookin(or buyin) dat turkey for christmas dinner can be therapeutic n a getaway from our hectic daily lives..

for the christian, Christmas is not just spiritual..its also social..dats how balanced it should be..all too often we neglect one or the other...as Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, a christian should b a more complete individual than a non-christian...why do we often act as though we've forsaken everything earthly n practical for e spiritual?

i sincereli wish my next christmas is spent not just reachin out to so-called 'unsaved' loved ones but also spent WITH them doin some quality catchin up..n i would like to spend time takin stock of wats happened since e last christmas n how i've grown better or worse...n be able to exclaim 'there(somewhere bad) but for the grace of God i go'...Cheers..