tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post4106454324361221434..comments2012-01-26T07:33:15.242-06:00God's Not Finished With Us Yethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521680021323003843noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post-83504694736258698132009-12-03T16:19:49.578-06:002009-12-03T16:19:49.578-06:00To twentysomethingmama: The reason we celebrate is Jesus Christ. Christmas.. do you not see Christ in that. We celebrate Him coming to earth to save us from our sins. We worship Christ our Lord, for He died for us. The other religions you speak off, do not believe in Jesus, yet they want to celebrate Christmas. But they want to change it to something else. If they want to have another day, let them, just keep us out of it. Merry Christmas everyone.....djselderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11628758947959934233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post-40456264878149314772009-11-13T20:40:31.234-06:002009-11-13T20:40:31.234-06:00Hi Sophia&#39;s mom,<br /><br />No, I didn&#39;t write this poem. It was emailed to me and I thought it was appropriate for the timing right now. There&#39;s another one similar on my blog if you haven&#39;t read that one that is VERY good too. Copy and paste: <br /><br />http://www.godsnotfinishedwithusyet.com/2008/12/twas-night-before-jesus-came.html<br /><br /><br /> Thanks for commenting and visiting my blog. I love your site on &#39;How To Blog Design&#39;. Thanks for being available for that! I&#39;m sure I&#39;ll visit it often!<br />Blessings,<br />~SarahGod's Not Finished With Us Yet...http://www.blogger.com/profile/17521680021323003843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post-3522591544659380612009-11-13T14:45:14.125-06:002009-11-13T14:45:14.125-06:00Hello! An award is waiting for you on my blog: http://momstayshomewithme.com/ Congrats!Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16151001252757571301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post-10509304709235308102009-11-13T11:50:45.339-06:002009-11-13T11:50:45.339-06:00Amen!<br />So true! Did you write this yourself?<br /><br />http://www.thewannabewahm.com<br /><br />MERRY CHRISTMAS!Sophia's Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16142340558174089228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post-75649061443874874102009-11-11T07:58:09.453-06:002009-11-11T07:58:09.453-06:00Good stuff! I just wrote a blog you might find interesting. Take a peek!Precious Gemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424274589708431598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post-63732126823974029822009-11-10T21:23:32.291-06:002009-11-10T21:23:32.291-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Wyliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00760385553417475647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post-74731905455927450722009-11-10T16:22:36.105-06:002009-11-10T16:22:36.105-06:00We were at the $ store last night and they had buttons that said Merry Christmas on them. I bought a few because I know that message seems more rare as time goes by.<br /><br />I also send folks to YouTube to watch Go Fish&#39;s It&#39;s Called Christmas.<br /><br />Love ya!<br />JulieJulie Arduini.com: The Surrendered Scribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658926809120105714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post-90877154981584027072009-11-10T12:23:17.265-06:002009-11-10T12:23:17.265-06:00Twenty Something Momma - You are correct that we don&#39;t know the exact day that Christ was born. But does that mean we shouldn&#39;t celebrate His birth? Not at all. I have known people who did not know the day they were born so a day was chosen to celebrate their birth each year. They call it their birthday. The date is inconsequencial. It&#39;s the celebration that is important. <br /><br />It&#39;s the celebration of a person. No matter how the date was chosen it&#39;s still the celebration of that person&#39;s birth and all that they mean to us. How much more would we hold that celebration dear when it is the Birth of Christ. The One and only True God. The Only God who Loves us so much that He chose to be born of a woman and take on the flesh of man so that He could save us from the consequences of sin. CHRISTmas is about the celebration of Christ&#39;s birth. That is why is it is called CHRISTmas. <br /><br />When muslims celebrate Ramadan they don&#39;t call it Christmas and they don&#39;t say Happy Holidays. When Jews celebrate Hanukka they don&#39;t say Happy Holidays, they say Happy Hanukka. When Africans celebrate Kwanzaa they don&#39;t say Happy Holidays, they call it what it is. The same is true of any celebration. If you are celebrating Christmas then you should say Merry Christmas. If you are celebrating something else then you should say what it is. Christians aren&#39;t telling others not to call their celebrations what they are. We only want to keep our celebration what it is and we only ask for that respect. <br /><br />When a person is celebrating something it is for a reason. There is <b>specific</b> purpose and meaning in it. It is not just a generic day to go have fun for whatever reason you want. Celebrations are by their very nature focused on something. When you celebrate your children&#39;s birthdays, are you not celebrating their very lives? Would you want other people who don&#39;t know and love your child to tell you that you can&#39;t make it about him or her because that isn&#39;t inclusive? No, you would not and you should not. That would then turn it into just another day and NOT the celebration of your child&#39;s birth. If we are going to respect all peoples celebrations then we should truly respect ALL of them and call them what they are.<br /><br />There is so much more I could say but I will end here. I sincerely appreciate that you asked and expressed your views. My relationship with Christ began by asking God to show me if He was real and explaining my perspective to Him (as if He didn&#39;t already know). He didn&#39;t take offense, He answered because He LOVES HIS CREATION. I hope that you know that my response is also not meant to offend, only to give an answer for what you are asking. I truly hope that you will also choose to take these questions to God and seek out His Truth in all matters.<br /><br />Rich blessings to you friend!Ediehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154092288646304188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post-5684220710239809292009-11-10T10:27:05.326-06:002009-11-10T10:27:05.326-06:00Amen to that! It&#39;s ALL about Christ. I have a magnet in the shape of a ribbon that says &quot;Keeping Christ in Christmas&quot; that I put on my truck.<br /><br />Merry Christmas to you!!Ediehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154092288646304188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post-58690895272968712942009-11-10T08:20:58.413-06:002009-11-10T08:20:58.413-06:00Forgive me for being blunt, but if we&#39;re going to discuss the <i>true</i> meaning of Christmas, it doesn&#39;t necessarily trace back to remembrance of Jesus Christ, either.<br /><br />Simply put, <i>no one</i> knows the day that Christ was born - from biblical descriptions historians are led to believe that he may have been born sometime in September (approximately 6 months after passover).<br /><br />Why do people celebrate his birthday has having been December 25th? The answer lies in the fact that the origins of Christmas came from several pagan celebrations that occurred at this time.<br /><br />Babylonians participated in the Feast of the Son of Isis on Dec. 25th, while Romans celebrated the Winter Solstice (complete with performers who traveled house to house entertaining neighbors - this is the origin of caroling) December through January. In Northern Europe many other traditions that are now considered part of Christian worship were begun long before the participants ever even heard of Christ.<br /><br />In the year 350, Pope Julius I declared that Christ&#39;s birthday would be celebrated on December 25th. Essentially it would make converting pagans to Christianity easier because at least then their feasts and celebrations would not be taken from them. Essentially, the Christmas we celebrate now was good strategizing on behalf of someone who wanted to gain more followers for his religion.<br /><br />Why, then, would it be a <i>bad</i> thing for the Christmas season to become inclusive of other holidays (Ramadan, Kwanzaa, etc.) when the origins of Christmas itself were to more or less market Christ at around the same time that other festivities were taking place?<br /><br />What exactly is wrong with saying &quot;Happy Holidays&quot; to include all the possible celebrations people may be participating in? The United States may proclaim itself to mainly be a Christian country, but Christianity is by no means the <i>only</i> religion here - so why is it fair, then, to act as though yours is the only celebration that should be observed?<br /><br />I&#39;m honestly just curious and hope that I haven&#39;t presented myself in a disrespectful or inflammatory way.TwentySomethingMommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09524631787435865088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post-71366871361620028482009-11-10T06:55:39.774-06:002009-11-10T06:55:39.774-06:00I love this! It&#39;s so true and sad!<br />People truly do miss the miracle of Christmas, the day God set his plan into motion to save us...truly awesome and way under-realized.....Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04427829592464669296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post-59503376604642785272009-11-10T05:24:02.338-06:002009-11-10T05:24:02.338-06:00Great poem! I never leave Christ out of Christmas.<br /><br />I know its early but have a &quot;Merry Christmas.&quot;<br /><br />love and hugs~TammyTammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204911845335416211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post-69772540212721506892009-11-10T00:17:32.624-06:002009-11-10T00:17:32.624-06:00Someone sent this in an email recently.<br />It really does make one stop and think.<br />I find it sad that one by one all of our christian freedoms are being chipped away. But the God we serve is bigger than all of that and we will be victorious in the end!!Love the Decor!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04961834150274237880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post-58874898794832148212009-11-09T23:45:27.119-06:002009-11-09T23:45:27.119-06:00Amen! I agree 100%. I can not stand it when I hear people say Happy Holidays or even worse Merry X-Mas! It drive me crazy!!!Bridgettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09415509067407804603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870708693431618625.post-32405204968729405902009-11-09T22:08:01.289-06:002009-11-09T22:08:01.289-06:00Amen, friend!Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14938607712512860569noreply@blogger.com