The Essence of Christmas—Love

Christmas is best enjoyed when it isn’t centered on decorations, gifts, or festivities, but on love. Love is the essence of Christmas. Christmas is about taking quality time with your family and friends; it’s about cherishing and celebrating the love you share. Sadly, love can get lost amid the Christmas hustle and bustle. Sometimes it’s covered up by the decorations and gifts, the endless shopping, and the Christmas dinner and parties.

Christmas is a time for festivities, but there’s much more to it than that. Christmas is My birthday. Can you spare a moment for Me on My birthday? Can you take a minute to let Me tell you how much I love you? It was love for you that brought Me to your world, to live and die for you.Love was, and still is, the core of My being. Everything I have done has been out of love for you. I did it for everyone who has ever lived or ever will, but I would have done it for you alone. You mean that much to Me!

Do you want to know what I would like most from you on My birthday? I would like for you to take time for love. Enjoy the festive decorations, the scrumptious food, and the gift-giving, but don’t let those overshadow or distract you from the best and most important thing, the only thing that will last for eternity, the essence of Christmas—love.