One of the best things about the Christmas
Holiday Season is that you get to be with your family and create everlasting
memories. But one of the worst things about Christmas… for me anyway…
is that I struggle with gift giving.
It’s not that I don’t care or that I don’t want
to spend the money. It’s just that I’m not very creative when it
comes to gift giving, so I really stress out about it. I always agonize over what
is the really cool gift this season that everyone wants, or what cool new tech
device is out there, or if I buy clothes I worry about what color or what size
to get and then I end up asking the sales clerk, “Can they bring it back if they
don’t like it?” I mean, I’m a mess… and I’m not even a hot mess!
I wish it was easy to get a great gift for the
people that you love, something that would express the real meaning of
Christmas. Shouldn’t there be one special gift, that everyone wants,
that doesn’t cost much, and that makes everyone happy? Something fun,
interesting, unique and loaded with love. And that’s when it hit me. I remembered
how I recently read in the bible how God is always with us. That He will never
leave us. Which then reminded me of a poem called, Footprints in the Sand, where
Jesus reminds us, “My precious child, I love you and I will never leave you.”
And both of those memories got me thinking… There
is a special gift that I can give my family. One that everyone wants, that doesn’t
cost much, and yet makes them happy. My time!
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there were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by
night, and lo the angel of the lord came upon them and the glory of the lord
shone round about them, and they were sore afraid, and the angel said unto
them, fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall
be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of
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Praise be to God! Merry Christmas to you and your family Joe!
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