I have been listening to a sermon series entitled, "What Would Jesus Undo?" It has been a very interesting series and it is currently interrupted for Advent services. Regardless I am finding that the title of that message is haunting my life right now. The gifts I am giving this year are homemade gifts, gifts from the kitchen, and those types of things. Now there is a part of me that is at peace with this but another part of me is bemoaning the fact that I cannot buy what I want for my children and grandchildren. So goes the war. I am throwing this out there just to get it out because my heart's desire is to really make Jesus the center of my Christmas so I do not think spending money for gifts that people don't need or just to add more things to their collections is what Jesus would do at Christmas time. I think he would find someone that is lonely and be their friend, find someone hungry and feed them, or find someone cold and buy them a coat.
So I am excited about what I am giving my grand kids and am excited to share the season with them it will be one less toy to get broke but it will be filled with a grand ma's love. I will be spending time with my kids and grand kids making memories which in this short span of time we have here on earth is something that lasts.
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