" Christmas is about…Jesus’ Birthday, giving to others, reindeer, and Santa!" This little essay came home in our first grader's schoolwork folder last Friday. Our youngest, Levi, is only six years old. Just about the most adorable thing ever, right? Doesn't seeing a child remember the true meaning of Christmas want to melt your heart? It wasn't until later, Saturday evening, just three weeks from the excitement of Christmas Eve, that he showed me his assignment. In school, the class was asked to complete the following prompt: "Christmas is about..." Essays are to be reprinted in our local paper, The Morgan Messenger, and posted in the hallways at the school. What you see above, is exactly how his paper was returned home. However, I can barely bring myself to relay what an adult has added to his paper. You see... something..., something very disturbing happened to the creation of my child's heartfelt telling of what Christmas is to him. Something has been … [Read more...]
a Christmas Acronym
What is the meaning of Christmas? Christmas has become so commercialized that people forget what it really means. Each year people go through the same stresses about having the perfect Christmas. What is a perfect Christmas? The turkey cooked moist and juicy? The house cleaned and decorated? No last minute stocking stuffer shopping? Is it finding the perfect gift? Nope. It is none of these things. It is about the birth of a Savior, so that we can be forgiven of sins and spend eternity in Heaven with our Creator. :) Here is an acronym that also puts what Christmas really is about into perspective... What is Christmas? C - Compassion It's understanding that people are different, and loving them anyway. We all go through hard times and it's not every year we can do something special for someone, but the little things that are done throughout the year are important gestures that show you care. Loving one another and having compassion for our fellow man is what a true Christian's … [Read more...]
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