JINGLE BELLS & ALL THAT

* I am not a big Christmas guy. I don't really know why but I'm just not.

It seems to me that we have everything backwards . We have made a time for giving into a time for getting . A time for peace into a time of stress.

There is a lot of stress over money at Christmas. We worry if we have enough to buy everyone what all they want. I am told some folks spend the entire year paying off Christmas bills.

There is a lot of time pressure at Christmas . All those deadlines to finish shopping. All those crowds to battle, parking a is demolition derby ,& fighting other shoppers for the items you want.

There is a hugh amount of stress to be every where you need to be. Families live farther away than in the past . Hard to be at Moms one day then the IN-Laws 200 miles away the next . It is hard for all the kids to make it home at the same time. Hard for Grandpaw & Grandmaw to visit all the kids when they live in different states.

We haved turned a season of peace & joy into a big commerical stress test. Most people only enjoy Christmas being over.

Why should we be concerned about getting when we already have the greatest Christmas gift . JESUS ! Just the Joy of our Savior should be the only Christmas gift we need or want .

What if this Christmas we reflected on the gift of Jesus ? Could we give to the hungry & homeless ? Could we give care & love to those who have none ?

Kahil Gilbran said " When We give of possessions We give little. When We give of ourselves do we truely give "

Why do We give meaningless gifts that are forgotten as soon as they are unwrapped ? Let us spend this Christmas season reflecting on Jesus & the wonderful gift we have . And give of ourselves rather than possessions.


MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE MEDINA MYSTIC