“And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.” (Ezekiel 36:26).
I have always liked Christmas, so ever since I began this project, I was waiting for this date to write about Jesus’s birth and share experiences and lessons learned from the various Christmases I have lived through.
However, after much prayer, today I thought we could reflect on something beyond this date. That is why I invite you to set aside the hectic bustle of these days, even if it is due to such a meaningful date for us as Christians, to think about something else.
So many arguments come up because of the tree, presents, expenses, costumes, lights, origins, pagan symbols, dates, gods and so many other things! There is no consensus or unity among us, but there is still Christmas. Could there be something else we can do, something else we can read, something else that has to take place?
When Jesus was born, people were also divided and focused on many other things, on many traditions with good intentions. But just as He was born anyway, he can come into our lives to transform them today as well.
On the night we are recalling, the heavens witnessed an event worthy of an operating room, although it took place in a humble manger. Tonight, heaven and earth may witness an invisible event with visible results, worthy of God ‘s operating room, for our heart transplant. It is what we need most, and this Christmas can be different if we make sure we experience it.
That is why, it is important that, beyond celebrating and singing, we make a specific decision. We need the change of heart God wants to perform in us every day… and also today. That is the starting point, the beginning of true worship, with everything it implies.
God calls us to go beyond good intentions, commemoration, solidarity and all the good we try to do these days. He wants to give us a new heart, a new spirit. He wants to take away our hearts of stone. (Because yes, we all have one). many other wonderful things, that was what He was born for.
That night, Mary felt heaven’s heart beating. How will our hearts beat today?