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Yes, how true. If we will just stop and be grateful for the things we’ve been blessed with, we might actually stop being so greedy.
Can you tell I am a bit frustrated with a conversation that happened in our house today? Just when you think you’re raising your kidderz right, something like this hits you. I can see we have a few more lessons to learn.
Why is it we allow ourselves to get so caught up in receiving gifts at Christmas time, that we push the purest and most valuable gift aside. Does it get old after a while? I don’t think the true Christmas story can ever get old. It’s been more than 2000 years, and like the bumper sticker I saw today says, Jesus is “still saving lives!”
Jesus Christ is the real reason we celebrate this beautiful holiday. Sure, the gift-giving (and getting) is great… but what we are celebrating is even greater!
We all know what really happened that day long ago. A wee little baby came into this world for you! He’s your very own Savior! No matter what you did over these years of your life, He loves you dearly.
I have an old tract from American Tract Society called “What Christmas Is All About.” Highlighting Linus and his speech that answers that question of Charlie Brown’s, the tract states, “The Bible says that without Jesus, we are separated from God forever. We can never be as perfect as He is. Our sins, those bad things we do and say and think, go against what God wants for us… and like all bad things, our sins need to be punished. So God sent Jesus to save us from that punishment.”
If you have never thanked God for that baby Jesus, who grew up to be your Knight in Shining Armor to rescue you from eternal torture, and if you have never allowed Jesus to be that Knight in Shining Armor for you, then what better way to celebrate this Christmas than to talk to Him right now. Admit to God that you need to be rescued. Believe that Jesus is that rescuer. Claim the gift He has offered to you.
Yay! Wooohooooo! We’re celebrating with you!
Forget about the list for Santa or wishlistr. The freedom you’ll feel now is better than any gift anyone can give you for Christmas.
“Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous,
no one who does what is right and never sins.”
“Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance:
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”
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