A Christmas That Changes You: Lessons From the Tree of Life
"The Christmas Tree That Changed My Perspective " As we step into the beautiful season of Christmas, I’ve been reflecting deeply on what this time truly means—especially as the year gently comes to a close. Christmas has always been about the birth of our Lord Jesus: new hope, new life, and new beginnings. That is what I grew up believing, and that truth still sits firmly in my heart. But this year, something stirred within me. I realised there is so much more surrounding Christmas that we rarely pause to understand. We follow traditions without knowing their meaning. We repeat rituals simply because “that’s how it’s always been.” We decorate, we celebrate, yet sometimes we forget to feel and understand. And then I asked myself… Why do we often wait until the end of the year to be kind, loving, reflective, or renewed? Why do we spend months being someone we were never meant to be, instead of living as our true, God-given selves? These past months have been a journey of unle...