Christmas time has certainly arrived in full swing, nearly before Thanksgiving was over. It was apparent to me that the stores were not necessarily sure that there was a holiday in between Halloween and Christmas. What’s a Madhatter to do?I was reading through a list of items to be auctioned in an estate auction and began thinking to myself that this person had spent his/her life accumulating all this STUFF and will now be auctioned off after the relatives, like vulchers, pick through what they want to keep and what they don’t want, won’t need, or can’t give away as an elephant gift in an upcoming gift exchange. I wondered if the recently deceased had stayed up late at night into the wee hours of the morning finishing a project for work to pay for the TV set, or perhaps the person had sacrificed vacations for the family to help pay for the new sets of tools. I wondered how often they awoke in the middle of the night, afraid a burglar would sneak in and take their prized, hard earned, family time sacrificed, STUFF.
Is it ok with you if I quote scripture here? Matthew 6:21 reminds us that we are not to store up for ourselves treasure on earth where moth can destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but rather store up for ourselves treasure in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust can destroy and where thieves can’t even reach it…for where our treasure is…there will our heart be also.
I would like to encourage you this Christmas season to invest your time into your family and friends. Giving them the gift of your time is more prescious than gold, silver…and perhaps even a fresh bag of Black Forrest Gummy Bears (emphasis on perhaps) They can get a video game or a toy another time. What I believe they truly desire is that which once spent…we can never get back…and that is our time. They will remember the time you spend and invest with them far after the luster of the new, shiny transformer, or the pretty little dolly seem to fade away. In a world gone mad, we would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas!
