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We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New You // Nós desejamos um Feliz Natal e um Novo Você


 


It is Christmas, finally! Who doesn’t want for this year to be over sooner rather than later? Wow, what year!

 

But what gives you the hope that next year will be better than this? According to Murphy’s law, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". In fact, we don’t know that next year will be better or worse. What makes you wonder?

 

Maybe, there is meaning why they chose to place Christmas at the end of the year (nobody knows exactly the date of Jesus’ birthday). The birth of Jesus, in the Christian world, Jesus represents hope. The hope of a new beginning, the hope of a new life, a rebirth. So, everybody hopes to start the new year with a fresh start, a clean slate.  Why? Maybe you have no idea why you and most of the world thinks that this is how it is. A new year, new things, the old has passed, the new has come.

 

The gospel says exactly this. Once you decide to believe that God came down to earth to tell us the good news which is: you can have a new life, you can be free of everything that makes you stumble and fall short of God, that you will have your sins forgiven. In summary, you can have a new beginning, a new life, that your old self has passed, and that your new self with Jesus has come.

 

Jesus came to say that if only we believe we can be saved. Saved from what? Well, I would say, saved from ourselves, from the chains that you think you don’t have, but deep down you know that there are many things in your life, in your heart, that you wished they would be gone, but you are used to saying “it’s complicated”. Indeed, it is when you don’t have Jesus by your side. So, whatever it is that makes you be far from God, He came to redeem you, to bring you back to His presence; so, you can have hope that one day you will see His glory in all His splendor face to face. He takes away the doubt about what happens after death. If only you decide to walk in His path, that doubt will be no more. 

 

So, this thought came to mind. I believe it wasn’t by chance they (whoever they might have been who created the holidays) choose to put Christmas at the very end of the year. After all, Christmas is about Jesus, He is the best gift you could ever have in your life. Jesus coming to the World to tell us that there is hope. You can really let the old you behind. Give it a try sincerely.

 

Matthew 7:7 says, “ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: ” So, why not sincerely ask God to come to live in your heart? Why not seek His presence? Why not knock on His door? He will give it to you whatever it is that your heart desire. Is it your temper that ruins all the mood? Is it that addiction that ruined your family? Something that you have been trying for so long, and you are quite hopeless because you have tried everything you can imagine. Have you tried Him? Sincerely? From the depth of your heart?

 

Let this Christmas be new, different. Give Him a chance to change you and make you New.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Finalmente é Natal! Quem você não quer que este ano acabe o mais rápido possível? Nossa, que ano!

 

Mas o que te dá a esperança de que o próximo ano seja melhor do que este? De acordo com a lei de Murphy, "Tudo o que pode dar errado, dará errado". Na verdade, não sabemos se o próximo ano será melhor ou pior. O que o faz pensar?

 

Talvez haja um significado porque eles escolheram colocar o Natal no final do ano (ninguém sabe exatamente a data do aniversário de Jesus). O nascimento de Jesus, no mundo cristão, Jesus representa a esperança. A esperança de um novo começo, a esperança de uma nova vida, um renascimento. Portanto, todos esperam começar o novo ano com um novo começo, uma folha em branco. Por quê? Talvez você não tenha ideia de porque você e a maior parte do mundo pensam que é assim. Um novo ano, coisas novas, o velho passou, o novo chegou.

 

O evangelho diz exatamente isso. Uma vez que você decide acreditar que Deus desceu à terra para nos contar as boas novas que é: você pode ter uma nova vida, você pode se livrar de tudo que te faz tropeçar e ficar longe de Deus, que você terá seus pecados perdoados . Em resumo, você pode ter um novo começo, uma nova vida, que o seu velho eu passou, e que o seu novo eu com Jesus chegou.

 

Jesus veio dizer que, se apenas acreditarmos, podemos ser salvos. Salvo de quê? Bem, eu diria, salvou de nós mesmos, das correntes que você pensa que não tem, mas no fundo você sabe que há muitas coisas em sua vida, em seu coração, que você gostaria que elas fossem embora, mas você está acostumado a dizer “é complicado”. Na verdade, é quando você não tem Jesus ao seu lado. Portanto, seja o que for que te afaste de Deus, Ele veio para te redimir, para te trazer de volta à Sua presença; então, você pode ter esperança de que um dia verá Sua glória em todo o Seu esplendor face a face. Ele tira a dúvida sobre o que acontece depois da morte. Se você decidir trilhar Seu caminho, essa dúvida não existirá mais.

 

Então, esse pensamento veio à mente. Acredito que não foi por acaso que eles (quem quer que tenham sido os criadores dos feriados) optaram por colocar o Natal no final do ano. Afinal, o Natal é sobre Jesus, Ele é o melhor presente que você poderia ter em sua vida. Jesus vindo ao mundo para nos dizer que há esperança. Você pode realmente deixar o velho você para trás. Experimente sinceramente.

 

Mateus 7: 7 diz: “Pedi e ser-vos-á dado; procurem e vocês encontrarão; batam, e ser-lhes-á aberto”. Então, por que não pedir sinceramente a Deus que venha morar em seu coração? Por que não buscar Sua presença? Por que não bater em sua porta? Ele vai dar a você tudo o que o seu coração desejar. É o seu temperamento que estraga todo o humor? É esse vício que arruinou sua família? Algo que você vem tentando há tanto tempo, e você está sem esperança porque tentou tudo que pode imaginar. Você já o experimentou? Sinceramente? Do fundo do seu coração?

 

Que este Natal seja novo, diferente. Dê a Ele a chance de mudar você e torná-lo Novo.

Feliz Natal e um Feliz Ano Novo!


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