A great irony is, while Christmas is the most joyous times of the
year, there is more depression and suicide during that season than any
other. Those who suffer from loneliness and a sense of isolation seem to
find their negative feelings intensified by the joy they are missing.
While we should be on the look-out for such persons, the only real
cure for their sorrow is the true joy of Christmas. Not the gifts and
decorations, but the deep heart- knowledge that God loves us with an
everlasting love. The healing power of knowing we are accepted as we are by
our gracious Savior, and we are eternally precious to Him is beyond all
human remedies.
Let us seek to show forth the great love of the One who, on the
cross, suffered the greatest loneliness and isolation ever known, so we can
be filled with His Spirit and know, and show, His Presence surrounds and
covers us in the darkest of times.
“Joy to the world the Lord has come, Let earth receive her King.”