Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies?
Posted : 7 Dec, 2010 10:35 PM
As Christmas draws nearer, it seems everybody wants to watch Christmas movies or Christmas specials. Supposedly they're all cheery and make everybody feel warm and fuzzy inside, but really they just make me sad.
Christmas should be a wonderful time to celebrate the arrival of our mighty, powerful, glorious, and radiant King to vanquish Death and deliver us from its grip, the Christ we see in Revelation, but too often it is reduced to a holiday merely about loving each other, family, and all our problems being fixed by THINGS. I watch these movies, and while they aren't really full of anything blatantly bad, not only are the movies completely missing the point, but so many of the people watching them are too.
As Christmas gets closer and closer, all this "Christmas spirit" makes me want to grab people and shake them until they realize what they're missing. Sadly, I can't figure out how to effectively communicate that to my friends, much less everybody else. Trying to is just a quick way to get called a Grinch.
Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies?
Posted : 8 Dec, 2010 08:17 AM
Godslamb, it is not that we single people hide ourselves from other people, it is that we are excluded from the events because they don�t know what do with a Single person. And, yes, giving of yourself to others is great, if you can find someone who is willing to accept your help. That is not as easy as one thinks.
BC, you are finding out how hard it really is to be single. It is one thing when you are young and have plenty of friends, but as you get older you lose all your friends when they move away or get married. It is not as easy being single as people think it is. I have been where you are for about 15 years now, and I know how hard it is.
James 2:14-17 (NASB)
14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,
16 and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?
17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.
Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies?
Posted : 8 Dec, 2010 08:34 AM
Tulip,
I apologize if it seems as if I am singling you out but I want to address your reply. You can call it a chocolate covered t*** or a pig wearing lipstick or whatever analogy you wish. My point again is that Christmas is about Christ and Christ is Love and Love does not wear a frown.
You can look for the negative in just about anything and find it. I wholeheartedly agree with what you say about how mankind (in general) is �missing� the Reason for the Season.
As for being single�I can also understand the sentiment. We have to �catch� ourselves when we find ourselves allowing the dark one to plant those seeds of unhappiness in our minds. Sure��feel� that sadness ( for the moment or two), but then let it go and turn your eyes and your mind and your Heart towards Jesus and make yourself some Hot Chocolate or BAKE!
If you go around acting like a Scrooge�people may think that you are a Scrooge!
Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies?
Posted : 8 Dec, 2010 09:09 AM
If Christmas time makes you feel so lonely and unhappy than get up off of your rear and do something about it. Go volunteer at a hospital to read about the birth of the Savior to little children. Put on show for those in the nursing homes. Have a party for you and your friends. In other words, don't make this about how others treat Christmas, make this about what God would have you do this Christmas.
Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies?
Posted : 8 Dec, 2010 11:29 AM
I think BG, Arch and I are all saying is that, stop letting others dictate what Christmas is about, and start determining for yourself that Christmas is about Christ.
I found out very on in college life, when I was just with my family, after all the presents were unwrapped, Christmas seemed meaningless. But when we made it about serving others, bring love and joy to others, Christmas became more real to me.
Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies?
Posted : 8 Dec, 2010 01:05 PM
Hi, Tulip!!! :waving:
Awwwww ... I feel for ya, my brother in Christ!!! :hearts::hearts::hearts:
It's true, a lot of the Christmas movies are NOT about Jesus, but they ARE about loving one another and THAT'S a barefoot blessing and better for people to be watching at Christmastime, kids and adults, than a lot of the OTHER non-Christian TV fare on in the midst of what we celebrate as Christians this time of year ... the birth and gift of our Lord and Savior from God!!! :yay::yay::yay::applause::applause::applause:
So, as for me, Tulip, though I would PREFER, as every Christian does, more heart-warming, inspiring, up-lifting made-for-TV movies featuring characters who know Jesus as Lord and Savior, I'm not sad that there are Christmas movies about characters expressing the joy and beauty of love in their hearts to each other, but rather, I feel glad these movies are available to turn to over other types of movies and TV series expressing sinful behavior run rampant in our world only, especially on certain channels FEATURING such fare!!!
So, please, take heart, Tulip!!! I know how ya feel about some of the Christmas movies ... we really need to have more movies about Christmas with Jesus in them than Christmas with Santa Claus in it!!! But, what can we do? The best we can do is be selective of the Christmas movies we watch and be barefoot blessed in the expressions of LOVE shared in them between the characters.
Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies?
Posted : 8 Dec, 2010 01:19 PM
"giving of yourself to others is great, if you can find someone who is willing to accept your help. That is not as easy as one thinks."
I wish I could blow away the little black cloud, but it is not up to me to blow it away.
Cobbler, I'm going to call you on this one. Your quote above is no reason not to give of yourself. You are a smart man, I know you are, so think of something you can do. You don't have to do it for recognition --- I like doing things when no one knows it is me the best. There is nothing about being "used" to it. It is simply basic selfless giving in the name of Jesus. We all have gifts and talents our God gave us. Pray about it, think about it, look around, ask around. If you don't want to -- that's OK too. But I will call you on it if you make statements about being used, or it being harder than it seems; unless you are actually trying.
I have no problem with people complaining about being single during all the parties/weddings/family events during this year. If you are still complaining about it in January I may have a problem with it then. I believe in venting, and sharing, and being blue if I wanna. I just don't stay that way.
Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies?
Posted : 8 Dec, 2010 01:27 PM
I cry through most movies. Christmas movies are no different. But they don't make me sad. I celebrate more than the birth of Christ in this season though... I've been a Christian almost 30 years, but this time last year I had an amazing new experience of God's grace, mercy and love. That alone is reason enough to celebrate this season.
Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies?
Posted : 8 Dec, 2010 01:49 PM
Having read all of the posts in this thread now, my heart and spirit feel lead to add:
I've experienced the same loneliness and feelings of being left out too at Christmastime ... and on other holidays and for other types of reasons too ... as a single, so I can relate to your despair in this, BUT ... a "BIG" BUT!!! (and NOT with a "you know what" in it!!!) ... all of us singles can choose to stay upset and sad about our situations and treatments, thus allowing Satan to rob us of some of our joy and peace that God has given us, focusing on ourselves and having a "good ol' Christian blues PITY PARTY" for ourselves ... OR we can recognize what's REALLY happening and going on with us, which is a testing of our hearts and spirits to see who and what we'll choose to rule in our lives in our time of lonely trial and temptation of our feelings ... and once we've recognized what is REALLY going on, then CHOOSE to refuse to allow such feelings and self-pitying behavior to continue ... CHOOSE to give them to God and refocus our hearts and spirits back to expressing God's love and truth in our hearts and spirits to others in any and every way we can ... whether now at Christmastime or at ANY other time and day of the year!!! :hearts::hearts::hearts:
And as far as Christmas parties go ... I remember that when I was on some other singles sites, the singles on them who were alone on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's too ... they enjoyed sharing an ONLINE party with each other and had a BAREFOOT GREAT BLESSING with each other "partying" this way with as friends!!! :yay::yay::yay::applause::applause::applause: .... so ... we have the option to plan to do this here on CDFF too ... IF we will ... so ... there's my heart and spirit's reply and an inspiration for all of us lonely at Christmastime singles this year that I feel comes STRAIGHT from God's heart for us!!! :hearts::hearts::hearts:
