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A Different Light at the Right Time

I was still recovering from shock when I heard the news last night. I was following one of my friends to my church member's Christmas open house when she apologised that she didn't reply my sms earlier. Apparently she was in a daze cos Peggy, one of her friends was warded into ICU after a snatch thief tried to mug her.

It was only 2 days ago when Peggy was happily chatting with my friend's little daughter in the car as she followed us to watch the Christmas presentation in our church. Now she is in a coma due to internal bleeding from the incident. Sometimes we cry and ask God "Why God? WHY???" But we praise God that she is already a Christian so if God should say her time is up, at least we know she is in a better place.

I couldn't help but wonder, what if it was someone else who was not a Christian? What if that person had died? Did we do a good job in pointing this person to Christ during our Christmas presentation? Or was is just good entertainment? This Christmas season, God has really helped me see it in a different LIGHT. Christmas really isn't about Christmas trees or presents or Santa Claus....not even entertaining church presentations. Christmas isn't about 25 December. Christmas is about a God who loved us so much that He came down to live with us, eat with us and die for us. Are we living Christmas everyday of our lives? May we never forget what Christmas is really all about. Pray with me as we wait on God to heal Peggy. May she find healing in His wings.

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