My favorite song right now is "Give this Christmas Away" by Matthew West & Amy Grant. You may have heard it on K-Love or as a promo for Operation: Christmas Child or possibly on the latest Veggie Tales video. It helps me think about this season the way that I should. Christmas is not about me or even about my family, but about others! Am I giving this Christmas away? Am I teaching my children that Christmas is about others?
If you are like me, you get caught up in all the routines of this season. Everything happens the way it has always happened and before you know it, the opportunity for something very special to happen is lost. Something very special can happen this Christmas for you and your family, but it not if you buy into the selfish mindset that now marks the season.
Why not do something different? Why not start some new traditions by making plans to give this Christmas away by reaching out to others? Spend some time brainstorming with your family about how to reach out and help others. You will be surprised by what might happen.
If we focus on others this Christmas, we will experience what the season can truly be ... a time of joy, peace, love & contentment. The world's recipe for Christmas will never produce those things.
Preach it...
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