WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME

Good morning purplenigmers! 

Yasss it's Christmas Eve, can feel the vibes all around now buh guys! Take it easy on those chickens please, they deserve love too lol. Anyway, getting down to the business of the day. So one of our loyal subscribers who is also a proficient writer,  decided to share something with us. Isn't that lovely? Yes I know. Well he is telling us what Christmas means to him so seat back,  read and enjoy!

CHRISTMAS TO ME!!!
Christmas! Christmas!! Christmas!!!OMG, it is here again… season of jollof rice, chicken, new cloth, money from visitors (my favourite part), family all around, banga, fireworks, carol songs, basically, FESTIVE!!!
Today, I gave this season a thought. What does Christmas actually mean to ME???
Well, some 5 years ago, it just meant going to the village (my dad’s tradition he is trying to instil into us… we get it dad, ‘don’t forget home’ we know), don’t get me wrong o, my village is small London. Awesome place to be, with wonderful people. This was five years ago…
Now, we still go to the village (lol, that’s not the point jare, silly you) but it’s not really about the venue, rather the activity. Venue also matters o… don’t get me wrong (we’ll get to that soon).
So, to me now, Christmas has more meaning. It is the birth of the FINAL SALVATION PACKAGE!!! A fulfilment of a long standing promise (chai, so many prophesies). Let’s pause for a minute and examine the definition. Birth of (1) FINAL (2) SALVATION (3) PACKAGE

FINAL…
This inherently means prior to the birth of baby Jesus, there were various RESCUE MISSIONS God (Our Ever-Loving Father) undertook to restore Humanity with Divinity. Remember the flood during Noah’s time, the plagues that befell the Egyptians while rescuing His beloved Israelites etc… some kind 007 Rouge Nation undercover missions, nice one Big G, I see you. Unfortunately, these missions seemed abortive. Not because God was ineffective or inadequate (Never), but it was man just being human, continually falling short of the covenant.
So God developed a new strategy, one that needs no Human effort than to believe. This mission being undertaken was the last and final one (GHEN GHEN)… oh, with this, we would expect that after such a mighty flood, 10 plagues and so on, the Lord God will finally save Humanity with a chariot of fire, or heavenly hosts will just come and host us away, lol, or at worst, just take us away like brother Enoch. No, our unconventional God saves teenagers, youth, Adults, working class, and the aged with a baby boy. It beats all reasoning that the DEATH of one will give all LIFE.

SALVATION…
See FINAL above. (You were expecting rhema abi? Lol) well with salvation, two words… Eternal relationship.

PACKAGE…
A Package more often than not is a GIFT… yup, the salvation package is not an exception. God’s loving kindness and grace is what makes the salvation package available. It is however important to note that salvation is not the only gift in this bag (those of us who go to owanbe will know this of course, that there is more than one item inside gift bag), we have amongst others Fruitfulness, Joy, everlasting peace and holiness. So the big question is, why don’t you receive your take-away pack today? Its FREE.
One thing that has consistently guided me this period is the fact that it is not my birthday… it is Jesus’s. So, while rejoicing in this festive season, We should be celebrating baby Jesus. If Jesus were to be born in this contemporary day, I’m sure He’ll have had at least a naming ceremony. Ohya, let’s go and turn up. Wait, oh I forgot, We need two things, first the venue (place of the party), and what we are giving him as a gift. Afterall the wise men have gave him Gold, Frankincense and Martyr (how do we beat that? smh mehn).

VENUE
Where are you spending the birthday? Where are we TURNING UP? Are you going to seek Jesus’s face at his father’s house? Or are we throwing a club bash? Who on earth is the event planner for this birthday? Wherever you may end up, keep this in mind, God’s voice or glory is not revealed in shady places.

GIFT
 This beautiful season, what birthday gift are we giving to Jesus? Remember we can’t give Him money, the wise men already covered that. How about we get some dippers? Naa… someone must have thought of that already. Toys? Too cliché. How about praises? Yeah. That’s good, but insufficient as an appreciation for the ultimate sacrifice of death he fulfilled for us.
Eureka!
He gave his life for us, why not give ours to Him? This will definitely be the best gift anyone can give Him at the party, their all. Also, this will definitely entitle us to the package that will be shared at the party. THE FINAL SALVATION PACKAGE.
I have my gift for baby Jesus this Christmas (My Life). Well, what will you do for Him?
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life – your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life – and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.
(Romans 12:1 MSV)

Hope you enjoyed this piece as much as I did. Have a merry, berry, tasty, juicy, snacky and snazzy Christmas celebration tomorrow. Lots of Love**