Merry Christmas

What a breath of fresh air

to say the words

Merry Christmas!

Look at this picture and tell me 

what's wrong with it?
(psst.. nothing.)

Look at this picture and tell me

what memories flash through your mind?

To those of you reading this post
 and were never a Jehovah's Witness

 you would not be able to find anything wrong with these pictures.

You former Jehovah's Witnesses

already know all to well what I am going to say.

What's wrong with the picture is

you couldn't color it.

What's wrong with the picture is

that when it was passed out
and all the Christmas festivities
 were just about to begin in your classroom

you were sent out to the hallway
or the library only to hear, the laughter

and the squeals of Christmas day arriving.

What's wrong with the picture is

when you looked at it
 the voice in your head reminded you
 "that coloring page was from Satan."

When you sat in that library
waiting to get called back in the room
passer-by's

like the school janitor or a student walking to the restroom

looking at you
asking
"Why are you out here and not in the classroom?"

All I remember each and every year
each and every holiday
each and every birthday
 dropping my head and saying

"I can't. I'm not allowed."

What's wrong with the picture

is I never got to color one.

What's wrong with the picture

is that it represented
I never belonged.

What's wrong with the picture

is that it represented
I wasn't accepted.

What's wrong with the picture

is that I could never say to you

Merry Christmas!

But today I say with tears streaming down my face

Merry Christmas to you!

Christ came born of the virgin Mary.

By way of the Holy Spirit.
His coming is a
true labor of love.

Christ willingly came down
 to this earth
so that we may believe in Him.
Accepting Him
is the best gift you will ever open.
Receiving the gift of eternal life is the best gift ever.

Open your present of eternal life today
and be present with Him now and forever!

He is the reason I write this to you today.

He is the reason I breathe.

He is the reason I get up everyday.

He is the reason I am forgiven.

He is the reason I hold my head up.

He is the reason the only reason

I can say to you

Merry Christmas!

Thank you Jesus for being born.

 Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday Jesus!