What Did You Give At Christmas?
Christmas day itself has gone by, but we
are in what is known as "the 12 Days of
Christmas", so it's O.K. to keep talking
about the meaning of this special time.
Do we tell the world something about ourselves by the kind of gifts we have given? The person who tries to impress others with expensive presents is a kind of "Gold‑finger" in disguise. On the other hand, a child who laboriously prints "I love you Grandma", may be giving something infinitely more valuable!
Have we been trying to collect bank rolls and additions to our personal estate at this season of the year, or are we a collector of "glows" and "after‑glows"? What really is this season all about?
God gave Himself at Christmas‑time. The greatest...most precious, most redeemable treasure mankind has ever received...His only Son. That marvelous gift has offered the world more beauty, more hope, and more salvation, than all the gold in Fort Knox, or all of the treasures of Solomon's Mines.
Try giving yourself away during this season: a special compliment...an extra act of kindness...some creative thought, or personalized gift...some small token of love. The star of Bethlehem is a composite of these personalized fragments, these chunks of glows and after‑glows that give light and hope to a dark and troubled world.
If you have been mainly concerned about "presents", then you are betraying our Lord, with crass commercialism. But, if you have been thinking about real "gifts", then why not try giving "yourself" away? The world can use a lot of this kind of diamond‑studded packages from all of us.
are in what is known as "the 12 Days of
Christmas", so it's O.K. to keep talking
about the meaning of this special time.
Do we tell the world something about ourselves by the kind of gifts we have given? The person who tries to impress others with expensive presents is a kind of "Gold‑finger" in disguise. On the other hand, a child who laboriously prints "I love you Grandma", may be giving something infinitely more valuable!
Have we been trying to collect bank rolls and additions to our personal estate at this season of the year, or are we a collector of "glows" and "after‑glows"? What really is this season all about?
God gave Himself at Christmas‑time. The greatest...most precious, most redeemable treasure mankind has ever received...His only Son. That marvelous gift has offered the world more beauty, more hope, and more salvation, than all the gold in Fort Knox, or all of the treasures of Solomon's Mines.
Try giving yourself away during this season: a special compliment...an extra act of kindness...some creative thought, or personalized gift...some small token of love. The star of Bethlehem is a composite of these personalized fragments, these chunks of glows and after‑glows that give light and hope to a dark and troubled world.
If you have been mainly concerned about "presents", then you are betraying our Lord, with crass commercialism. But, if you have been thinking about real "gifts", then why not try giving "yourself" away? The world can use a lot of this kind of diamond‑studded packages from all of us.
posted by Francis Geo. Guither at 6:37 AM
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