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Christmas Recipes, Crafts
and Kids Activities and xmas stories. Every
year I hear people say over and over again "I don't understand why Christmas had
to get so commercialized." Behind this statement is usually an implied suggestion
that it's the "evil capitalists" that are to blame and that people should focus
on other things during the Christmas season.
But is this true? Should we
focus on other things around Christmas-time, or is there some value in the commercialization
of Christmas?
If you remember the story about when Christ was incarnated
in Bethlehem, you'll also remember that gifts were presented to the Christ child
soon after His birth. What was the purpose of those gifts?
The gifts given
to Christ were a way to signify just how important those 'wise men' considered
Christ to be. They felt that this newborn baby would be the greatest of all, and
they wanted to express their admiration of His mission on Earth through the giving
of gifts.
Isn't that what we do when we give gifts to those around us?
Aren't we also expressing just how important these people are to us by the gifts
that we give?
Christmas is also one of the few times of the year when we
specifically focus on the message that Christ gave the world, and the work that
He did while He was here.
All through His ministry on Earth, Christ continually
gave of Himself to those who needed Him. He gave the gifts of sight, sanity, health,
life, and wisdom. He also received gifts of food, shelter, and clothing.
In
our exchange of gifts, we honor the life that Christ lived.
The messages
that Christ spoke of during His ministry centered around 2 main principles - faith
and love.
We are encouraged to love everyone as we love ourselves, and
we are instructed that if we have faith that our prayers will be answered then
they will be answered according to our faith.
Faith is sometimes seen as
a tricky thing. Either you have it or you don't. Many times, we wonder if there
is any way to increase the amount of faith that we have so that our prayers will
be more effective in our lives.
Most people tend to pray for one of three
things - health, financial abundance, or good relationships. The message of Christ
was that we could have anything we wanted if we had enough faith.
In the
act of giving gifts, we are generally acting out of love, with the faith that
there will be enough financial abundance to fulfill our needs even after the giving
of the gifts.
By giving gifts, we open ourselves to the wondrous free flow
of Spiritual energy into our souls, which then blesses us in many ways. Yes, we
can improve our health and our prosperity by giving gifts.
With so many
reasons to be giving gifts, it's really no wonder why Christmas-time became the
best reason in the world for gift giving.
May you be blessed by the giving
of gifts this year. Alan
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Christ taught that anyone can perform the same miracles He did as long as they
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