Post: Merry Christmas!!
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12-25-2011, 09:53 PM
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Salam Gay boi
It is great to get gifts at Christmas, but to give gifts at Christmas can bring even greater joy. Seeing the reaction of a child or a special friend or an aging parent as they open something you picked out especially for them can fill your heart with happiness and your eyes with tears.
As Christians, we have the opportunity both to get and to give gifts at Christmas time. The apostle Paul wrote about this kind of spiritual gift-getting and gift-giving in his letter to Titus when he said of our Savior, “He gave himself for us to redeem from us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people are his very own, eager to do what is good” (Titus 2:14).
The meaning of Christmas rests squarely in God’s promise that he has given us the gift of “redemption.” God sent his Son to pay the price for our sins against him. That is why we can sing in one of the great Christmas hymns, “Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled.” That gift of redemption which we get from God then leads us to give to God the gift of our lives, since through Christ we are “eager to do what is good.” Our Thank You Card to Jesus is a life lived to give him glory and to benefit the people he puts into our life.
That is the kind of gift-getting and gift-giving we hope you are able to enjoy this Christmas through the One born in that little town on that holy night.
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