These days, decoration is going on everywhere.

Homes are lit with stars and lights.

Church halls are beautifully adorned.

Streets shine with colors and joy.

Christmas has arrived.

But this year, let us pause and ask ourselves—

What about the decoration of our hearts?

The Bible reminds us that God is not impressed by outward beauty. 

He looks at the heart.

This Christmas, let us decorate our hearts with love—a love that forgives.

Let us decorate our lives with good works—quiet acts of kindness. 

Let us decorate our hearts with compassion—seeing the hurting, the lonely, the forgotten.

In the very first Christmas, Father God Himself decorated a small, ordinary place.Bethlehem was not decorated with gold or lights.But God adorned it with the greatest gift heaven could give—His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.

“He did not come wrapped in silk, but wrapped in humility.Not placed in a palace, but laid in a manger.”

Today, God is still looking for a place to dwell.

Not in beautifully decorated buildings, 

but in hearts made ready for Him.

let us also open our hearts and say:

“Lord, decorate my heart with Your love.

Fill me with Your compassion.

Let my life reflect Your grace.”

May this Christmas / New year be truly beautiful—

not just on the outside,

but from the inside out.

Amen.