In the spirit of Christmas — Love must lead
All too soon, another Christmas season is here. According to the Christian faith, tomorrow, Wednesday, December 25, marks the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
It is a day famous for its festivities, love, and giving, which has become a tradition here in Ghana and across the world.
Far too often, the festivities take the better part of us, much against the significance of the occasion- which is celebrating the birth of the saviour who laid down his life for our salvation.
There is no greater love than the son of God leaving his heavenly throne to come down to Earth to die for our sins.
For it is this love that we celebrate his birth, knowing that we are saved at the mere mention of his name.
It is for us at the Graphic Business, a moment of reflection on the vulnerable amongst us in our society as we go about our daily hustles.
We think of the less privileged in these times because of the peculiar challenges that our economy has gone through over the past year. The challenges have been very biting and unbearable for many.
As the Good Book says, the poor will always be among us. It is not the desire of many people to be poor, especially where there are fewer opportunities to uplift them.
There are others also, no matter what opportunities are availed to them, they will remain poor because of various circumstances, hence would need hand-holding.
So, while the privileged few in our societies go about enjoying the fruits of their labour, we urge that we reconnect with the less privileged in society and show love and support for the less privileged in these times.
For Christ himself admonishes in Matthew 25 vs 45(NKJV) in one of the parables, “Then He will answer them saying “Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to the least of these, you did not do it to Me”. This was when Jesus was preaching about the parable of a soon coming King who was neglected when he was poor, hungry, naked and imprisoned. In essence, we must let love lead.
The scriptures also say that doing good to others is Godly and that we must be one another’s keeper.
Therefore, it is imperative for us as Christians that during this Christmas festivities, we make it a point to feed, cloth, visit the sick and those in prison to show love and compassion for the less privileged amongst us as our Savour enjoins us to do.
This, we believe, is the significance of the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
It is our strong conviction that all these vices of the world are made worse because in our daily lives, we have failed to make the loving-God-factor a key principle in guiding our decisions.
When we love one another, we will not steal, we will not harm, kill or become greedy to deprive others of the small pleasures of this earth.
The Graphic Business also acknowledges those who have found this principle of giving during this period and wishes to encourage them to continue, knowing that the good Lord will bless them in his own time.
It is indeed, revealing that all the major faiths of the world, be it Islam, Buddhism, Christianity or Judaism have given or love for their neighbour as a central theme in their doctrines.
Love must lead us during this period. It must permeate through government, corporate board rooms organisations and individual lives.
Governments must understand that the basis of all their policies must be people-centred. Companies and organisations likewise must make decisions that benefit not just their external stakeholders, but more important, their employees.
Individuals and citizens must also play their part if the country is to move forward in the right direction.
On this note, the Graphic Business wishes our cherished readers and audiences a Merry and joyous Christmas. We look forward to a great year ahead.
A year in which we are dedicated to providing you with even more timely and credible news that will shape your businesses and hence impact positively the lives of the ordinary people.
This being our last edition of the year, we also extend our congratulations to the incoming administration and wish the new government the very best in the coming year. See you next year.