The Purpose of Christmas:


As I was busy doing my Christmas shopping in the mall today and I met an old woman who called my attention and told me that this year will be her 97 Christmas. And why this years’ Christmas is so special to her is because she has seen many ups and downs of life which never deny her the measures of living a fulfilled life. She said that Christmas is the celebration of the living. 

It is time to reflect on our union with Christ, a time of stocktaking and period of sober reflection. She finally handed me a box of chocolate and ask me to share it with my neighbours, she insisted and tasked me that I must share the box of chocolate with neighbours reason because she said, that it was same way Christ shared His love to us. And finally as she was going, she waved good bye to me and whispered to my ears that this might be her last Christmas to celebrate. I came to realize that life is not all about how long you lived but on how fulfilled you've lived life. Wishing all my friends Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New year in advance...Lucas Anuforo.®

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