Today, our cell group had our Christmas get-together. I’m not going to call this gathering a party because in essence, it is not a party, it is gathering of friends and family to celebrate (in advance) one of the most significant moments in the history of this earth, the birth of Christ.
In the past, the cell group had organised Christmas around bringing people to the cell, trying to get people to integrate, have some evangelism but this year, we had decided to go slightly different. I have to confess that the idea first came to me to have a gathering instead and after discussing with other member of cell, to use my own quote, “Let's go back to the root and celebrate Christmas as a family in Christ and enjoy each others' company.”
It may seem somewhat selfish of me but having experienced what I had experienced in that last few months, nothing is more important to me than those that is around me other than God. This gathering then to me was a great success as there was no stress over what to do, the food, the gifts, who to invite but we did have 2 new families and a colleague of a member joining us for the gathering. We all just bring food, gathered around the table to enjoy the food, enjoy each others’ company and have the chit chat. There are lots of children now and there are no gifts for the adults, the only gifts handed out are for the children and how adorable they all are.
I believe everyone enjoyed the evening and so did I. God is still good to me, having placed me in this cell. You can feel the warmth, the closeness and the openness, the quintessential definition in my opinion of a FAMILY.
In God I Trust.
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