Christmas is coming

It's been a month filled to overflowing with more!! More parties. More food. More buying. More stress. More places to go. More people to see. More things to do. The list seems endless. But one week from today it will be over. The "stuff" of Christmas will be anyway. We can however choose to make every day Christmas. That just means focusing on Christ every day. Celebrating Him every day. Allowing Him to be who His is in our individual lives evey day. He is Lord whether we acknowledge Him only during this season or we choose to do it every day. 

Last night was the last of our Christmas parties. It was the one for the homeless of Greenville downtown. Coats and gloves and socks were lavished on them. Justin and Jessica Broome and others served and ministered, not just last night but they do it year round. Justin shared the Word. Many received that hope. Others chose not to. Many were grateful for what they received. Others were not. Many were satisfied with what they received. Others wanted more. That's not just the attitude of homeless people. That's many times the attitude of many, including myself. Tis the season of more. 

Praying this morning as we get closer and closer to Christmas that the days will be slow and sweet. That we would savor each one. That we would be grateful for all Jesus has done for us and continues to do for a sometimes ungrateful people who feel entitled for whatever reason...self included. Let's choose gratitude. Let's choose thankfulness. Let's actually smile when we say Merry Christmas. Let's look for ways to serve others rather than serve ourselves. Let's edify others rather than find nitpicky things to complain about. It will make your Christmas merrier and merrier for those around you. May the only more we want at Christmas and every day be more and more of Jesus and His presence. Not what He gives but more of who He is. Merry Christmas!!