For Christians Christmas is a time for celebrating the birth of Jesus, it's not his birthday, just the date they use to celebrate his birth. Christians see it as a time for sharing with others, giving gifts and working for peace and good harmony.
Sadly the very place where Jesus was born, where he grew up, where he preached and taught people to be good, is the very place where thousands of people are being murdered and slaughtered. This is supposed to be a time of peace, love and happiness, but how can we be happy seeing beautiful innocent children being brutally murdered in their thousands, how can we celebrate love with such evil in the world. Seeing children crying because they've been left orphans, seeing children's whole bodies shaking because they're suffering from shock. How can we celebrate or be happy when we're watching mother's crying over the bodies of their dead children? How can we celebrate when fathers are digging the rubble of their family home trying to reach their children. Even the animals in the Zoo have gone crazy from the constant carpet bombing.
This Christmas is not a time to celebrate, it is a time to reflect. If you're a Christian, you need to ask yourself what would Jesus do? How would he handle this? Remember that Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers", he also said, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone". Seeing this mass slaughter of innocence, I believe Jesus would be telling us to fight to stop the killings. We have a moral duty to not only protect the children, but to protect every single man, woman and child in Gaza, and in all of Palestine. We also have to remember and pray for others in need to. Like in Sudan, Yemen, the Congo, Ukraine, Myanmar. We should be fighting for justice, peace and equality for everyone.
This is a very sombre Christmas for me. I am deeply saddened, upset and worried about my Palestinian friends, who are suffering so much, but I wish them and all of you peace and love, and all the people who have been killed we will never forget you, we will honour your memory. Peace to everyone, including the departed souls. Christmas 2023.
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