“Then the angel said to them, Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord!” (Luke 2: 10-11)
The other day I read some advice from an “EATING AND DIETING EXPERT” which said: “Do not concentrate on the amount or volume of the food you are eating, but concentrate on enjoying the taste of it, savor it, relish it.” By so doing, the idea is, we will not need large portions and hence will not eat too much, but will enjoy it more.
Sounds like good advice for eating! But also for the upcoming Christmas Holiday Season!
Economic forecasters are saying that the 2008 Christmas Holiday Season is going to be the poorest in decades. People have little money to spend. Shoppers are reluctant to spend what they have. Unemployment is at an all-time high, thousands are losing their jobs, our entire nation is in a major economic downturn, people are worried, and our government doesn’t know how to turn things around.
Would this not be a good time to apply the advice of the “DIETING EXPERT” to the Christmas celebration this year? “Don’t concentrate on the volume, number, or expense of gifts and festivities, but let us concentrate instead upon enjoying what we do give and get!” Would this not be a good time to emphasize the true, spiritual meaning of the celebration rather than its external traditions and secular activities?
God has given us the greatest of gifts! Let us enjoy this gift to the fullest, and then give it away to others!
Larry Atkin, Preacher
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