Oh...I LOVE Christmas! I love everything about it. I love the fact that we're celebrating Jesus' birthday, I love the gifts, I love the shopping, I love the food...you name it, I love it! I even love what everyone else calls the commercialism of the season. Can you imagine everyone celebrating your birthday that way? Putting posters up, paying for ads to announce it, calling all shoppers to come in to buy gifts? (I know that's not most store manager's motivations, but don't tell Jesus, ok?) I love that everyone hangs lights on their houses, that they're looking for ways to give and to help. Can you imagine the world, knowing your birthday was coming up, and saying, "How can we give? How can we help in her honor?" Even if the world isn't thinking that about Jesus, we can.
It's so amazing having my job. You get to be a part of knowing how people give. You get to see children bring in their old toys to share with children who have so much less. You get to see youth go house-to-house and collect canned food. You get to see a senior adult bring in old ornaments to share with those who may not have any. You get to see a young woman bring in new gloves to distribute to all those people having to wait in the cold to come in and get their groceries. You get to see a man you don't know come in and give $1000 just to help buy groceries. You get to see a person you've helped (because they have so little) bring in things they no longer need to help someone else. Now you know why I love my job!
I just believe Christmas brings out the best in people. I know it's so easy for us to close ranks and want to just be with our own families, but do you know how many people need a family during the holidays? I was so sad to find out one of our senior adult volunteers and his wife went to Lone Star (a restaurant) for Thanksgiving because they had no one to spend the day with. Our student from the Congo knew of a college student that spent the whole week in a motel---with no place to go. I hope you can open your eyes and your hearts this Christmas season and see what you can do. See how you can be the hands, the feet, the heart of Christ. It's not hard! It's as easy as taking old toys to your local benevolence ministry or buying some new gloves! Ask your family how you should reach out together. Christmas=Jesus=Love=Giving.
I love Christmas!!! And maybe that's why I love my job---I get to give all year long!
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The idea of giving and serving has been all over me this past week. It seems that God is working me over on that one. We have taken the girls to do the shoe boxes and an angel off of the tree at the mall, and it has been such a powerful teaching tool with them. I loved watching them get into it and catching on, even if just a little.
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