Xmas

It’s nearly December, so it’s nearly Christmas.

But unfortunately this World celebrates this day very differently from Christians.

The World has invented other things to make this a more world like holiday which does not require faith. Therefore things like Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, the elves, Santa’s home, Rudolf the red nosed reindeer, songs and the like have been invented by humans for humans and they have been quite successful.

There is a commercial for Kmart layaway and one that shows elves & says “we’re shopping for Santa but our bonuses don’t come until December.”

But Christmas is totally different from things that we can do or buy. We can’t make Christmas happen! God made Christmas happen. And it’s not about what we get or if we are happy! It’s about God loving us, more than we can know and giving us the ultimate gifts: His family, His prescience and eternal life with Him!

So the next time you see a commercial for Christmas (there are no commercials for Salvation) or see a picture or hear a song about the World’s Christmas, remember that there is really much much more to Christmas than you can create, so think about God & make sure that children know the truth.

Today I realized that I’ve been tested to see if I’ll walk with God.

This morning I got an email from my estranged wife telling me that beyond being a horrible husband I was also a horrible father to my children and it upset me.

But I still went to Church and class and right away I remembered how one time Jesus said who is my family? Then He said (pointing to those who were with Him) you are.

Then the pastor was quoting some scripture that said that hard times would come to those who believed. And I thought I believe and while remembering all of the rejection that I have had and at the same time much acceptance from those at Church, I thought these are hard times and the scriptures warned that these would occur, I began to feel much better.

And all of the sudden I thought I’m glad that I’m back here cuz when what’s happening agrees with what the scriptures say, so something is correct!

Society says that God does only proper things thus if something is wrong it’s because you are wrong.

But then why does The Word of God say that bad things will happen to those who believe?

Because God is not running this World, Satan is and Satan thinks he’s better than God so he wants to screw God believers up!

So it’s much better to just view things as God says and avoid the unnecessary anger & emotion.

At least that’s what I believe.