The True Meaning Of Christmas

Hellooooo everyone! Can you believe Christmas is less than a week away?! Pretty crazy. It honestly doesn't seem like Christmas was that long ago...

Today I wanted to talk about the true meaning of Christmas, because over the years, we've seemed to get a corrupted view of what Christmas really is about.

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A lot of people think that Christmas is about big get togethers, Santa, presents, cookies, snowmen, and everything else that falls into the "stereotypical" kind of Christmas.

But none of that is what Christmas is really about. All of that can be fun, but that's not what it's about. What Christmas is really about, is this.

A little baby boy who was born in a manger over 2,000 years ago. A baby born to save the world from it's sins. A baby born to heal those who cannot be healed. A baby born to love the unloveable. A baby born to save those who cannot be saved. A baby born so that we could be with Him for eternity. A baby born to do everything that we cannot. A baby born to show His justice.

That baby boy is Jesus. The Savior, and Maker of the whole world. The one foretold in the old testament. The King of Kings.

He came to earth for us.

Can we even wrap our heads around that? All this material stuff that we've turned Christmas into is fading. It does not last forever. But Jesus is the One gift that will last for all of eternity. Even though Jesus was a gift, He doesn't want any gifts from us. He just simply wants us. He wants our hearts. He wants you! That's what Christmas is really about. Christmas is about Christ. It's not about anything else.

So, let's all take a moment to reflect upon the true meaning of Christmas, Jesus. Before we get all caught up in presents, and everything else the world has to offer on Christmas, remember Jesus. Remember the One gift that tops any other gift we could ever get. Will you give Jesus what He wants for Christmas? Because all He really wants is you. He wants to spend eternity with you. Will you put your faith and hope in Jesus this Christmas? I'd be more than happy to talk to you about what that means in the comments, or on Animal Jam. Let me know!!

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Here's todays Bible verse!

Luke 2:8-14

8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
    and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

God made you. Uniquely. Beautifully. Intentionally. Purposefully. Wonderfully.

Let's Do... Something!

Hi guys! I hope you are having a wonderful Tuesday! Today me and my dad went Christmas shopping for my mom, which was a lot of fun! We got her a lot of special stuff. :) Have you finished any of your Christmas shopping yet? I can say I'm completely done, because me and my mom already did shopping for my dad, and I already got gifts out in the mail to friends! I feel very successful. XDD

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Yes that's my moms account, mine got locked out because it kept saying my password was wrong, so I kept trying it again, and it kept giving me the little jammer security check thing. Has AJ ever done that to you? o.o

I didn't really have any time to post during the day today, so when I finally sat down to write this tonight, I didn't really have any ideas. But then I thought, "what if we do a project?". Not something too huge and elaborate like that one story project I was doing on my blog (that got very complicated and I had to end that XD), but just something small. I'm not sure what yet. Maybe it could be a story, but on a very small scale? I'm not sure...

Or it could be a collaborative masterpiece, or something like that. I feel like the blogger community has become a little disconnected, and I'd love to do something together as Animal Jam bloggers, to get to know everyone a little better! I think a community project would be so much fun, and would get people more involved.

So.... What do you guys think? What ideas do you have? Please let me know! It would be so much fun to get a bunch of bloggers involved in whatever we start! Maybe we could even start a Google+ community to discuss this project. No idea what, but... Let me know!

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Here's todays Bible verse!

Romans 14:7

For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

God made you. Uniquely. Beautifully. Intentionally. Purposefully. Wonderfully.

Party Canceled

Hey! Just want to let you all know that the party is canceled due to me not really wanting to go on AJ?? XDD  Hope you have a good day!!

Christmas Joy!

Hellooooo everyone! How's your week going so far? Today my allergies have been bothering me like crazy. I hope it is allergies, and I'm not getting a cold. :P I've been pretty miserable all day. I'm writing this post outside in the freezing cold because that seems to be the only place that doesn't make my allergies go crazy. XDD

It's so crazy that we're only 21 days away from Christmas! It seems like this year just flew right by us!

Let's get started with todays post, which is actually about Christmas!

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Jesus was the best gift any of us could of ever gotten, so we should reflect the joy of Christ in everything we do. One thing we could do is give people things, or give them an encouraging note, and we can do that right on Animal Jam! You cold send them a JAG with an encouraging message, maybe even with a gift attached.

Except... you can't say merry on Animal Jam

I dunno

It could be as simple as saying, "Happy Jamaalidays!"

You could also give new jammers gifts too!

Animal Jam tends to have new jammers (or other people) first land in Congo, or unpopular lands it seems. Some of the places you can find new jammers are in Bakoy, Sawtooth, or Congo.

Find a jammer that doesn't seem to have much, and only has a few items on their trade list.

Even though they aren't extremely rare, people do still like the new spiked collars! I bought some of those and traded people them. Or if theres some items you know you'll probably never use, you could trade them that!

That's really all you have to do to make someones day. It could be as simple as that, just a little something to give them joy this holiday season.

Are you up for the challenge?

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Here's todays Bible verse!

Psalm 62:1

I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him.

God made you. Uniquely. Beautifully. Intentionally. Purposefully. Wonderfully.