Christmas tears or Christmas cheer?

Christmas is the loneliest time of the year for many people. Why is that? I believe that is because we look around at all the beautiful decorations, all the "happy" people, all the "perfect" lives and we somehow feel like we don't measure up. We feel like we've missed the boat and everyone else is happier, more satisfied and better off than us. And this pressure builds up inside of us until it reaches the breaking point. And many of us just give up.

We give up on a happy Christmas, we give up on peace during the holiday season, we give up on a majestic God that came to earth as a vulnerable baby so that we could approach Him, we give up on ourselves. We settle for the idea that Christmas must just be a bad, unhappy time of year for us.

I just want to encourage you - don't give up. This can be the happiest, most fulfilling Christmas you have ever had. Search for the good in the season and let this year be a fresh start for you. Don't give up on the majesty of God. Search for Him like the wisemen did so many years ago and He will meet you.