THE BRIDGEMASTER

There was once a man who lived with his child. His only child that he loved most. His family, his life. His son loves to watch trains and the people who traveled with the train. This man is a bridgemaster. He controls the bridge. Opens it up if a boat passes the river and closes it down if a train passes the railway.

There was this happening, a happening that the bridgemaster will never forget.

He received a phone call in the bridge control room. A boat is going to pass by. The bridgemaster lifts the bridge up to open it and suddenly, his child fishing beneath the riverbank saw a train approaching, shouted to his father yet never heard. His child ran to the bridge and tried to close the bridge for the train to pass. His child wanted the train and the passengers in it to survive.

           A moment later, his father noticed the train, finds his son trying to close the bridge when suddenly, his son fall from the bridge within the bridge’s lock. Now he had two choices, two terrible choices. To remain the bridge open and allow everyone on the train to die just to save his son or pull the lever to close the bridge, kill his own son by allowing the bridge to crush him for the passengers of the train to live. It’s hard to chose between the life of the one you really love or the lives of the majority yet the bridgemaster chose everyone’s life.

“God is love; Christmas is all about love; 

Christmas is all about God, 

Christmas is thus all about 

God and love

; 

Love is the key to peace among 

all mankind, 

love is the key to peace and happiness within all creations,

Love needs to be practiced – love needs to flow

love needs to make happy.

Love starts with your partner, 

children and family and expands to all worlds.”

          The bridgemaster loved his son so much. His son is his child, his family, his partner. His love for his son cannot be replaced yet he had no choice. Humans are God’s creations; his son loved the passengers on the train; the passengers on the train are humans; and by loving God’s creations, you love God Himself. Therefore his one and only son love God. His child wishes for everyone’s life. And to show the bridgemaster’s love to his son, he needs to do what his son wished for. He had chosen to save everyone’s life because of the reason that even if his son lives and the passengers on the train died, his son will condemn him for what he had done. He and his child cannot gain happiness and will still regret for the things that had happened. He had done what his child wishes for. He gave his child his happiness. And even if he regret, he still gave his child his love.

SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS

“Even if he feels sad about his son’s death, yet he gave his son his love by choosing what his son wished for. HE STILL GAINED THE CRISTMAS SPIRIT!”

ANGELS AND DEVILS

Angels are the messengers of God. Angels are believed to be kind and lovable being. Angels manifest goodness, purity and selflessness. They guide humans to reach the heavens and to avoid hell.

"It is not because angels are holier than 

men or devils that makes them angels, but because 

they do not expect holiness from one another, 

but from God alone."

Devils on the other hand, are the chief evil spirits, a supernatural being subordinated to the foe of God and the tempter of human beings. A very wicked or malevolent person and the ruler of Hell.

Unlike magnets, the reason behind the feud between the two is that they are actually opposite in many ways. One follows God while the other is an enemy of God, One is good while the other is evil. The other lives with happiness while the other lives in pain, sadness and anger. Unlike two rival human beings, the two rivals will never be together.

Xmas versus Christmas

Christmas is also sometimes called Xmas. Some people don't think it's correct to call Christmas 'Xmas' as that takes the 'Christ' (Jesus) out of Christmas. But that is not quite right! In the Greek language and alphabet, the letter that looks like an X is the Greek letter chi or Χ (pronounced 'kye' - it rhymes with 'eye') which is the first letter of the Greek word for Christ, Christos.

The early church used the first two letters of Christos in the Greek alphabet 'chi' and 'rho' to create a monogram to represent the name of Jesus. 

The symbol of a fish is sometimes used by Christians (you might see a fish sticker on a car or someone wearing a little fish badge). This comes from the time when the first Christians had to meet in secret, as the Romans wanted to kill them (before Emperor Constantine became a Christian). Jesus had said that he wanted to make his followers 'Fishers of Men', so people started to use that symbol.

When two Christians met, one person drew half a basic fish shape (often using their foot in the dust on the ground) and the other person drew the other half of the fish. The Greek word for fish is 'Ikthus' or 'Ichthys'. There are five Greek letters in the word. It can also make up a sentence of Christian beliefs 'Ie-sous Christos Theou Huios So-te-r' which in English means "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour". The second letter of these five letter is X or Christos!

So Xmas can also mean Christmas; but it should also be pronounced 'Christmas' rather than 'exmas'!
source: http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/25th.shtml

WHO IS THE RED MAN WITH A SACK?

    Santa Claus has become the human face of Christmas. Pictures will be seen everywhere of the old man with long white beard, red coat, and bag of toys. Children are taught that he brings them presents the night before Christmas, and many children up to the age of 7 or 8 really believe this is true. In most countries, it is said that he lives near the North Pole, and arrives through the sky on a sledge pulled by reindeer. He comes into houses down the chimney at midnight and places presents for the children in socks or bags by their beds or in front of the family Christmas tree.

In shops or at children's parties, someone will dress up as Santa and give small presents to children, or ask them what gifts they want for Christmas. Christmas can be a time of magic and excitement for children.

Santa Claus is based on a real person, St. Nicholas, which explains his other name 'Santa Claus' which comes from the Dutch 'Sinterklaas'. Nicholas was a Christian leader from Myra (in modern-day Turkey) in the 4th century AD. He was very shy, and wanted to give money to poor people without them knowing about it. It is said that one day, he climbed the roof of a house and dropped a purse of money down the chimney. It landed in the stocking which a girl had put to dry by the fire! This may explain the belief that Father Christmas comes down the chimney and places gifts in children's stockings.

IF GOD ASKS YOU A QUESTION, WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY?

      God wanted to ask me if I would want to meet every single faces in this world. Why? It's because that God wanted me to know the reasons behind those faces.

         Every single face in this world represents something unique. True that many people in this world laugh at the same time, feels sad at the same time and became angry at the same time but the reasons behind those joy, anger and sorrow had something unique. They wont have this faces without any reasons at all. God wanted to tell me how everyone struggle to survive in this world. God wanted me to know how lucky I was to have my own unique face with many different unique emotions to share with my family and friends. Always remember that be contented on what you've got because everything you possesses is a gift from above.