Everyone wants to love and be loved. Many people love human beings, others love things while a good many others love animals, pets, like dogs, cats, snakes, pigs, lion, you name it. Many people have their hearts broken when the object of their love may not even know that they are loved. Others are devastated when their love is not reciprocated. Even God is devastated, anthropomorphically speaking, when his love is not reciprocated.
When we return people’s love, we pay it back in kind, but when we do not, we are perceived as being ungrateful. Parents spend a lot of money to train and bring their children up, not necessarily so that they may pay them back in return, though there is nothing wrong with children taking care of their parents in their old age, but so that they may be productive in future and be self sufficient. Every parent rejoices at the success of his/her children. One of the things that parents have taught their children is to be able to say ‘thank you’ when a good deed is done and to give back to others when the time is ripe.
Christmas season is a pay back time for all Christians. We pay back by being grateful to God for the incarnation of Jesus Christ his son who left the comfort of heaven and come down to earth so that we may have life everlasting. It is pay back time, as we remain ever grateful to the mother of Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary, because she said ‘yes’ to God. Let us be grateful to God for the gift of life. We must say ‘thank you’ for the blessings received. This is paying back to God. Though God has no need of our praise, the desire to praise him is his gift to us. Merry Christmas!
