When Christmas Feels Cold: A Reflection for This Season
Today is Christmas, and while the calendar says it is a season of joy, peace, and connection, the world does not always reflect it. The seasons have changed in more ways than the weather. The air has grown cold, and so have many hearts. It feels as though people have become transactional users, takers, or simply absent. Some give nothing at all, and in their indifference, they become useless to the soul that hoped for more.
There is a warmth we used to expect from one another: genuine care, sincerity, love that wasn’t barcoded with conditions. Now, even warmth seems biased meaning only offered to what benefits the giver, only extended to those who fit a narrative. And yet, for the few who still love deeply, who still feel the weight of loss and the ache of betrayal, there is a special kind of hurt. Loving in this generation sometimes feels like pouring water into a cup that has no bottom.
But even here, on a day meant for joy, I admonish you: lift your eyes. Fix them on whatever you call God or your higher power, your anchor, your redeemer unless that power is rooted in darkness, cruelty, or the demonic. If what you are serving destroys instead of restores, then choose differently. Turn your face toward the light, toward mercy, toward something holy and healing. Choose a God who answers with love, not manipulation. Choose a God who calls you higher, not deeper into bitterness.
And for those mourning today, especially those who have lost someone they never imagined life without—breathe. Remember their laughter. Remember their presence. Remember the way they lived, not just the moment they left. Let the good memories be the blanket that the world failed to offer. Grief may take up space at the table, but so can joy. So can love. So can remembrance.
A Prayer for the World
Heavenly Father,
In the name of Jesus, we come before You today. We lift this broken world, these hurting hearts, and the weary souls who don’t know how to begin again. Restore what has been damaged by pain and disappointment. Warm the hearts that have grown cold. Break the patterns that break Your people. Surround us with Your love, Your protection, and Your clarity.
For those who feel abandoned, send comfort.
For those who feel overlooked, send affirmation.
For those who feel unloved, send reminders that they are Yours.
Cover families who are grieving. Cover minds battling heaviness. Cover homes searching for peace. And let Your presence fill every place where loneliness is sitting like a shadow. May this Christmas be more than a date and it may be a deliverance.
We ask for healing, restoration, and renewal.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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