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Clearly Christmas is not all joy and perfect family gatherings, for probably half of all of us.



Seems like love and imperfection is what Christmas is all about. Even the First Christmas was far from perfect. And it all came about because man had become so very imperfect that God had to send His son as a sacrifice for our sins. If not for our imperfections, God would have had no need to send His son to earth on that first Christmas Eve. Our most imperfect Christmases are often the ones most filled with love and the ones we most often remember.

Every year I try for the perfect Christmas. When I am exhausted and can go no further, I have to give up and rely on love to carry us through. That's when I realize I could never be perfect enough to deserve the gift of love that came to earth on that night so long ago. It is then that I truly begin to experience the perfection of God's love. And that is when Christmas comes together in all the beauty of love and forgiveness.

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