It's hard to believe it's December 2020! Christmas will be here in about 3 weeks. If you are like me, you are probably very happy 2020 is coming to a close. It seems as though many were trying to rush in the Christmas season. Working at Home Depot, I couldn't believe they were putting out Christmas merchandise towards the end of October! Once the Halloween decorations were down...BOOM...up went the Christmas lights, blow ups and lawn decorations! With this crazy Covid-19 Pandemic year we have had, it seems as though many people have been looking for something that will make them happy. We all love the Christmas lights, decorating our trees and getting presents. We love the Christmas spirit. It makes us happy! But is it the real reason for the season?
Working at both The Home Depot and Chick Fil-A, I can see how cranky people are. This pandemic is getting under the skin of many people. All I can say is that in these past 2 months, I have seen cranky and I have seen crankier. I do feel bad for them and in looking in the eyes of these people, you know they are under a lot of stress. What they are looking for is happiness. When you look at commercials on television, the advertisers are trying to sell you items that will make you happy. New cars, new flat screen televisions, new mobile devices and the latest in clothing fashion. They want you to buy these items to give as gifts. Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas gifts. We all do. I have great memories of gifts I have received as a child as well as gifts I gave to loved ones. I will never forget an AFX car racetrack my parents bought my brother and I. My father a table for it and we raced our miniature stock cars for hours. After we moved to Long Island when CB radios were popular my brother and I were given our own CB radio. It was fun talking to friends and coming up with a "Handle name." I also remember my sister buying my brother and I the video game Pong. We thought it was so cool that you could play tennis on your TV as a little dot went back and forth. Although those were great gifts, they are certainly NOT the Best Christmas Present ever. After years of use, each of those things had to be thrown away. The Best Christmas present ever for me was on December 6, 1977. That was the night my Mom invited me to a Catholic/ Charismatic Prayer meeting. It was there I discovered that God loved me so much that He sent His one and only Son to this earth to die on the cross of Calvary for my sins. He took my place on the cross and took the punishment for me so that my sins would be forgiven. On that night I discovered that the only way I could possibly get to Heaven would be to ask Jesus to forgive me of my sins and receive His free gift of eternal life. With my Mom sitting next to me, I repeated a prayer that I learned later was called the "Sinner's Prayer" and asked Jesus to come into my heart. I discovered on that night that I was set free from all my sin and that after I die I would go to Heaven. Not because of what I have done to serve Him, but because of the fact that I received his free gift of eternal life. So, with all that said, the best Christmas Present ever is Jesus. He came to us born of a virgin and on December 25th, we need to celebrate His Birthday. Happy Birthday Jesus and thank you for being the best Christmas Present ever!
If you want to know more about how you can receive God's free gift of eternal life, I would love to talk with you and tell you what He has done for me. You can always message me on Messenger!
HAVE A BLESSED WEEK EVERYONE!!
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