I miss God’s Word being good enough. In Catel, Guinea Bissau, we didn’t have to debate anything, if God said it it must be true. Obviously, there are things to talk about and we all interpret things differently, I understand that, but some issues are just concrete in scriptures, but not here in America.
My eyes have been opened to how broken we truly are here in American. I mean, I knew it, but wow, I can actually see it now. We convince ourselves we are good because we have stuff, yet kids are dying spiritually and emotionally. How do you help a kid see that, when they just go out and get the latest thing and pretend all is good.
This time of year is a perfect example of this, things are a mess and families are falling apart. yet we pretend for a few days all is well, we try to buy our kids love or keep them out of our hair with some new toy. Instead of a toy maybe we should pray as families, study God's word, serve together, eat dinner together, and yes even have a good old fashion game night.
God told us to be servants, to serve others, to go without, lets try that this holiday season. let spend all our extra time on family. For Christmas lets hang out as a family, lest share what we like about each other. instead of once again buckling under the pressure and becoming again like the world. Let us this year buck the culture and became the aliens and strangers we are suppose to be in this present world.
God was born into a wooden shabby manger for us and gave up everything he had to serve us, and then died on a wooden rough shabby cross. He served us his whole life, lets us follow that example and serve him with our whole life, let us give up everything to serve him and go where ever he may send us.
The reason for the season is to become a servant like Christ, when was the last time we modeled that with our Christmas list and spirit. Let this season be the beginning of something new in your and my lives.
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