"To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year." - E. B. White
Despite being mistakenly declared the winner of the 2015 Miss Universe
contest, having the crown placed on her heard, and accepting the
adulation of the crowd for almost four minutes, Miss Colombia, Ariadna
Gutierrez, had to give it all back. In arguably the most awkward moment
in beauty contest history, the host, Steve Harvey, came on stage as Miss
Colombia was about to begin her victory walk, to apologize to the
audience for mistakenly announcing the wrong winner.Not very many things in life, are as disappointing as being mistaken for someone, or something else altogether. Something far worse happened to Miss Colombia. She actually seemed to have achieved her dream, only to have it snatched
away moments later.
Even though no one can snatch Jesus dream for us, from Him, Miss Colombia witnessed a minute fraction of what, Jesus Christ goes through year in, year out. As we - the very same people he came for - remove from Him, the crown, and place it on other things. Can you even begin to imagine the height of embarrassment from being 'de-crowned' before the whole world? That's what we do to Him yearly. Jesus is the centre, and major reason for the season, not the food, drinks, gifts or Christmas Tree. Yet instead of anger or bitterness, He shows us genuine love. It's Christ-mas!
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