Traditions

Source: https://ideas.demco.com/blog/family-traditions/

Every Christmas and New Year our family has long-time traditions that we've been practicing for years. Like wearing red during Christmas and wearing polka dots during new year to bring luck. We should not eat chicken during new year because it will encourage a difficult life in the year to come just like how a chicken eats, piece by piece. Without thinking if its truly necessary or not or if its biblical, we keep on doing it for years.

But as I get to know Christ and the scripture, I realize that these are not necessary. I learned that Christmas Day is not the exact date Jesus was born and was just set to celebrate it annually. In living the teachings of God whats important is reading His word and apply it in our daily lives. Celebrating His birth and resurrection is not actually done once a year on a specific time and date.

Celebrations about our life with Christ should be done in everyday of our lives.  We should let our faith overpower our obsolete and unnecessary traditions. Let us reflect if do we need to follow this in order to conform with the majority? Who is more important? The practice of men? Or the teachings of God in the scriptures?

Celebrate and worship the Lord daily and let go of traditions!