"Because of Christmas, we have nothing to prove or protect. We can stop pretending. We can take off our masks and be real. We hold the wining hand. We have nothing to lose.The liberating power of Christmas frees us from trying to impress people, appease people, measure up for people, or prove ourselves to people. The Incarnation frees us from the burden of trying to control what other people think about us. It frees us from the miserable, unquenchable pursuit to make something of ourselves by using others.The Incarnation is God’s shout: “You’re free!”As Everything, he became nothing so that you–as nothing–could have everything."
He Came, You're Free by Tullian Tchividjian