Beating the Holiday Blues

Jesus' parables about the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price (Matthew 13:44-46), echo some of what people experience in the modern American Christmas.

You are the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price: The Lord Jesus Christ left the glory of heaven (Philippians 2:5-8; John 17, especially verses 5-6, 9, 20-24; 2 Corinthians 8:9) because he valued you above his own comfort and pleasure.

Salvation is a free gift. We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone (Romans 3:21-5:21; Ephesians 2:8-9). But true faith is never alone (Ephesians 2:10). We must surrender everything at the feet of Jesus, because he is the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price (Matthew 13:44-46; Luke 14:25-27).

Without laying everything at his feet, we can NEVER be happy, because material things, even other people, cannot satisfy our deepest longings, only God can.

Happiness is a choice, as can be seen in Deuteronomy 28:47-48).

Why do people get so depressed during holidays? Why do so many people commit suicide during Christmas?