Sense of Purpose: Holiday Lights

          The purpose of the holiday season is to unify human race with the common goal of a new beginning. Christ’s birth on earth brought light of a new age. But why do we put Christmas lights? The representation of light is significant to our celebration of Christmas. The late Aristotle Onassis once said, “During our Darkest moments, we must focus on the light.” Especially in a world filled with darkness where children are dying from starvation and innocent lives being killed due to injustice, the light still allows us to have hope for a brighter future. We may only see the Christmas Lights as simple ornaments with various unique light bulbs. However, notice how the majority of the light bulbs have different colors. Although they all shine bright, each light represents its own purpose.
               
          The Red represents the precious blood of Christ who died for us. The Blue represents the beauty of the holiday snow at night given to us by Mother Nature. The green represents growth. Just like a plant, we experience various stages of growth throughout the year. Some seasons will allow us to flourish and blossom just to “spring” into a new beginning. While other seasons will make us wither and experience coldness to the point where we want to “fall” to the ground. But just like the photosynthesis of green plants, it still remains a growing process. The Gold represents the gold the Wise Men gave to Jesus, just like the gifts that we love to give and receive during the Holidays. The white/yellow light represents the cleansing power of Blood of the Lamb.
 
           When these lights bulbs unify, they can create beautiful decorations due to their positive energy; both literally and figuratively. Due to each colored light bulb having a purpose, they all contribute something more to the Holiday season. These lights bring something back to life. Every Holiday seasons, these lights still have another chance to contribute; another chance to give to life. Another chance to start a new beginning. Be a Holiday light my friend.

Jensen Denoyes