Here it is nearing Christmas Day this week. For most of us we will be celebrating Christmas with our family. Your family may not be perfect, but it is the place where you can let your hair down and be yourself. There is no one you need to impress in your family. You love and accept those family members.
Yes, the time you spend with your family during Christmas is time well spent. The place you celebrate Christmas is, usually, your home. As you think about your home during those growing up years, you have many, many great memories there. A newspaper in London had a contest for the best definition of a home. The winning definition was “home is where you are treated the best and complain the most.” Isn’t that the truth?? Those family members at home will encourage you, when no one else will. And remember those times where you failed or did not handle a situation great in life? Those in your home were there for you, when all others brushed you off or didn’t give you a second chance.
The Holy Bible talks about the home. It is the center for the Christian development of its members. Psalm 68:6 says this about the home: “God makes a home for the lonely.” Yes, without the home, your life would be a lot lonelier. It is at home where brothers, sisters, father, and mother gather together to make this pilgrimage on earth a lot more enjoyable.
After all, there is no place like home. You cannot find another place on earth with the love, support, encouragement, and acceptance, like you find at home. So, as you approach Christmas Day, reflect back over the past several years, and count those great times at home. God is the giver of the home, and so keep telling yourself that there is no place like home, and bask in the memories!
