HOLDING ON AND LETTING GO

"All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on." - Havelock Ellis

Maximus was a brave king. Once, he had a fierce battle against another king, with a larger army. With just a few soldiers, he was defeated: he had to run for his life. He took shelter in a cave very depressed. His courage had left him. So, while he was blankly gazing at the roof of the cave. An interesting scene captured his attention. A spider was trying to weave a web across the cave roof. He watched as the spider would crawl up, a strand of web would break and the spider falls. But the spider refused to give up. The spider kept trying to climb again and again but falling repeatedly. Until finally, the spider successfully climbed up and completed the web. Maximus thought to himself, "If a small spider can face failure so bravely, why should I give up? I will try with all my might till I win". This thought gave strength to the defeated king. Maximus, got out of the jungle and assembled the remaining of his defeated soldiers. They fought against the large army, but was defeated still. But now, he would not give up his fight.

UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN

"He was created of a mother whom He created. He was carried by hands that He formed. He cried in the manger in wordless infancy. He, the Word, without whom all human eloquence is mute.” - Augustine

It's another December, twenty fifth. Another Christmas day. But like Benjamin Franklin said, “How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, His precepts!” It's true that millions around the world celebrate today, many for the wrong reasons. How many really know and acknowledge the fact that He came to a world filled with pain, with a permanent cure. Or that He came to a world dark from the bondage of sin with His indescribable light to dispel forever the powers of darkness. He came to a world, and a people he made with a message of liberation.

SIFT THE GRAIN FROM THE CHAFF

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful." - Norman Vincent Peale

Christmas is an annual celebration commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, it is observed most commonly on December 25th yearly, as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people today. While the birth year of Jesus is estimated amongst many scholars to be between the 7th and 2nd BC, the exact date of his birth is unknown, and this controversy is the focus for many antagonists, but for the Church, that's not important.
Very many people today have succeeded in misinterpreting and misrepresenting the whole idea of Christmas, which is to celebrate the gift of redemption for mankind. Many have replaced it with unwholesome and destructive ideas. We should realize that, the presence of an inferior is a proof that there is a superior. The chaff is the inferior, the grain is the superior. The grain is the gift of salvation through Christ. Whether we chose to debate the date of Christ's birth or celebrate the work of salvation, the fact cannot be broken, Christ was born to redeem us, and He's alive today. For Christians this is the reason we're bold to declare our deliverance from the devil's bondage and pledge our allegiance to our Lord.

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A DOG OR A RABBIT?

"The best thing to do when you find yourself in a hurting or vulnerable place is to surround yourself with the strongest, finest, most positive people you know." - Kristin Armstrong

A farmer once set a competition between his dog and his rabbit. He made a hole in one of his biggest fields, and hid a carrot and a bone in it. He wanted to see which animal would find them first. The rabbit was very cheerful and optimistic, and he threw himself into looking for the carrot, digging everywhere, totally convinced that he would find it. The dog on the other hand, wasn't as excited. After sniffing around for a bit, he lay down and began to complain how difficult it was to find one bone in such a big field. The rabbit dug for hours, and with every new hole the dog complained even more about how difficult this was, even for the rabbit. Meanwhile, For the rabbit, he thought that each hole dug was one less hole to dig. When there was no place in the whole field left to dig, the rabbit dug a tunnel to right under where the dog had been lying all that time. There he found the carrot and the bone.