christmas has been an interesting time this year. my grandma passed away about a week before christmas-so we have spent lots of time in indy with family-which is always an intersting experience. but it has been a good time and a lot of fun. we hung out a lot at my sisters and my moms houses and played many games.
we had all of our shopping done wll ahead of time this year. we bought the kids stuff early when we had money-which i think took some of the fun out of the day after thanksgiving for my wife. my kids got all kinds of stuff-more than they could ever use or need, but it was nice for them to get all that stuff. my wife went all out and bought me what i really wanted (an electric guitar), which i don't know how to play-but plan to learn (take some lessons). i got a few other things that i really liked as well.
but then as i began to think about these gifts i started to wonder-is it really right of me to want these gifts and be happy about getting them while there are so many people doing without? is god looking down @ me calling me selfish? is there any end in sight to the madness of just buying everything that we want? i wouldn't want to not have the guitar but at the same time i wouldn't want to have too much and be responsible for someone else not having anything.
then i thought about what christmas was really about. people meeting the king of the universe and experiencing joy, peace, hope, and love. how much of that is what happened on christmas. i know everyone knows about the birth of jesus, but too often we just stop there. we need to be showing people about the joy and peace, and the hope and love. why do we fall short of this on the main day of the year set asie to do this?? i just don't get it? christmas has turned into love your self and get presents day?
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