Another Christmas is Come

"Another Christmas is Come"

We are among the living by God's special grace to witness another Christmas. Merry Christmas, greetings to you in the name of God most high, ever living,ever faithful,ever merciful.

For those of us who believe in Christ, Jesus is not only the Reason for the Season, but the Very essence of our Being and Faith, therefore we must remain the salt of the earth,the light to all nations and be ready to carry our cross for the sake of our eternity.

For those who do not believe in Christ, humanity is in one of its most trying moments of religious disharmony, since the collapse of the communism and the end of cold war, the Ideological war has been replaced by a wave of religious acrimony especially in Africa, Asia and the middle east. Yet we know that God who is omnipotent to have created us will not be helpless to need man to fight for Him. Every man should therefore have the right to freedom of worship without discrimination.
For those who do not believe in God, man has fallaciously attained a state where science and technology seeks to make life so comfortable that God is seen absent. Few tribes and cultures remain pagans, but more people who were born in the faith especially in the developed world have replaced God with modernity.

Globalization has made the world a smaller village, yet humanity is more divided. If we had all put God at the centre of our existence, we would have been converging rather than diverging.
Jesus Christ whose birth we celebrate is a perfect example of the best of humanity. He gave up his glory to shed his blood as a price for mankind. The word became flesh and dwelled among us. He was the connector between the Law and Love, he is human ,yet divine.

At this Christmas like others in the past, we celebrate the birth of a child who came to reconcile man with God, but at this Christmas more than ever the world is bloodier, and our immediate environment is worse off. From the carnage caused by religious extremists and armed robbers, to economic deprivation facing many of our citizens, from denied access to quality and affordable health care to unpliable and accident prone roads, more Nigerians face the threat of extermination. The truth is that Nigeria may not be facing any external aggression but Nigeria is at war.The country is at war with itself, the citizens are killing themselves ,this is the return of investment in decades of corruption, maladministration,ignorance,docility and many other vices. We have more security agents but we are less secured. We have more schools but we are less enlightened, we have more money budgeted but we face infrastructural collapse. But worse of it, we live in an era when morality, charity, and respect for life are greatly eroded.

As we mark yet another Christmas amidst our greatest insecurity, we remember all our friends and relations in Jos, Bauchi, Maiduguri, Damaturu among many other places. Not that anywhere is security proof any more but these places have seen more bloody campaigns ,we turn to God the author and finisher of all for protection,safety,security and peace.

On behalf of Salvador, Cecy and myself, I am wishing you all in Credoworld a blessed and reassured Christmas. I pray to our Saviour to bless us all and keep us, to guard,guide and protect us and ours. May the love which the birth of the messiah brings never depart from us and our family. May God grant to us the wishes of our hearts. May He be merciful upon us and our country,restore peace and security;deliver us from any insensitive leadership and restore us back to the path of prosperity,progress, sustainable development and true reconciliation. May our children know the peace we knew as children without growing up in fear and a blood oozing society.

CredoChristmas,Merry Christmas!

Thank you.

Yours in Credo,
Sammy.