December 27, 2016: Del Rio News-Herald * OPINION * Letter to the Editor * Christmas in our heart and soul
Letter to the Editor,
Christmas in our Heart and Soul
Every day is Christmas in the heart and
soul of all who believe in Jesus Christ.
Christmas is not just one day every
year, it is every day of the year for all who believe that Jesus Christ came to
save us from our sins and show us the way to Our Father in Heaven.
Christmas is not just for a season, it
is a reason to believe always and forever.
Christmas is all around us every day of
the year, if only we have eyes to see, ears to hear and a heart and soul filled
with faith to believe in the Christmas Miracle.
Christmas
is about giving; Jesus giving Himself to us and us giving ourselves to Him and
to others.
The
Christmas season is filled with all the love and generosity of spirit that
marks any celebration centered on our Savior Jesus Christ; because giving is
actually receiving.
It’s
time we got back in touch with the truth about the real relationship between
giving and receiving which is giving love and receiving love selflessly and
sacrificially; it’s that simple; it’s that miraculous.
All the Christmas candy cannot sweeten
the soured heart and soul; all the Christmas ornaments cannot decorate the empty
heart and soul; all the Christmas festivities cannot enliven the saddened heart
and soul; all the Christmas money cannot salvage the bankrupt heart and soul; all
the Christmas presents cannot gladden the gloomy heart and soul.
Let us celebrate on Christmas and every day that the
Creator became a Creature to be in Communion with us.
Christmas is any time our hardened
hearts are softened with love, our narrow minds are widened with hope, and our
hungry and thirsty souls are feed and refreshed with faith.
Christmas is when the heart and soul
come to life with the true meaning of all the Christmas carols ever sung and
all the Christmas cards ever written.
Only the Christ Child of Christmas can
fill our heart and soul with faith, hope and love for truly living a Blessed,
Joyous and Merry Christmas.
Come Celebrate
Christ’s Christmas!
Marian Casillas, Ed.D.
Del Rio