Dawn of the End of Christmas

On the dawn of December 26 of the year 2004, I like every 11 year old boy, rushed out the room to watch the TV, expecting the usual Christmas special, but that day was different, i saw ruins of once great cities, buried beneath the dead bodies that built it. Thousands dead while others shed tears in grief of their loved ones.

Little did i know, it just happened and it happened so close to the home, in our neighbouring countries, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand were hit badly crippling their infrastructure, destroying what they worked so hard to build.

There was an estimated ~230,210 dead, ~125,000 with fatal injuries, ~45,752 missing, and ~1.69 million displaced from their homes. At church, the church pastor urged us to pray for these countries. As young as i was i prayed with the adults, i was compassionate for the people, not just the ones in grief but the ones who died not knowing Jesus.

Friends, God loves us very much, no matter who we are, and 2008 years ago, he sent his son to die on the cross for us, imagine, he loved us so much, that he sent his only begotten son to die on the cross, the cross was a symbol of death to the jews before christ because during that time, during the rule of the romans, it was the way they punished the greatest of criminals, equilavent to our modern day hanging. Imagine, even one of the prisoner the rebuke the other by saying that they got what they deserved but Jesus didn't do anything wrong, but he got the same punishment. And when Jesus died, it started to rain and the cloth in the temple which seperated the outer sanctum and the inner sanctum tore in half.

But now, the cross is the symbol of life to the 2.1billion of people, who believe in him, around the world. All of us facing different oppression depending on the different. But we know that God has plans for us-Jeremiah 29:11-For I know the plans i have for you. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you a hope and a future.

I am part of this people, one, ot of the 2.1 billion people in this world we know of today. So let me ask you a question, "Will You?" And I hope this entry has blessed you in ways only God knows.

God Bless You,
HybridZ