This year for Christmas I had a major eye-opener. Someone reminded me that Christmas was the night where Jesus gave up his perfect world in heaven to come into our world full os sin and disaster, and be born among stinky gross animals. He saw a need for a savior in our life even though we didn't exactly live to please him. In other words we were that friend that can be great but some times the forgot about you, stabbed you in the back, talked about you behind your back, and did the exact things that drove you crazy. But Jesus decided to not focus on what he desired, but zoomed into our lives and the needs he noticed that no one else did. So Christmas should be about us thanking Jesus by being like him. We should look around us for other peoples needs and try and find ways to cheer them on. In order to do this i did something small, but i hope it made a bigger difference.
I went out and got lots of candy.
I made a list of a lot of people I talk to but don't necessarily know that well or even get along with that well.
I filled boxes with candies and mints.
I laid out the boxes and wrote everyone a note describing a little of our relationship and what i know about them.
I packaged them up and took them to school. I am hopping that maybe someone was having a rough day and me giving one of these simple boxes made them feel loved and admired. This is one of the ways I'm choosing to celebrate Christmas. What will you do?
