I need stuff for Christmas
Posted by theworldgonemad on December 11, 2008
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!
lwayswright said
I love the message of this post. Especially now with the economy the way it is, a lot of us just don’t have the money to spend like insane creatures this year. I have decided that my kids are going to get more useful things this year, things thatreally matter, experiential things, moments that we can never get back, instead of the many games and toys and gadgets that they usually request. Granted, there will be a few gifts under the tree, but this year is the beginning of a change in our home as far as that goes. This year it is about family and being together! Because in the end, when there is no money, no exotic goodies, the family is where it is at!
The Bakerboy himself said
Lwaysright…hmmm…interesting name. I wonder if there is a hidden message there. Anyway, thanks for the comment. I do indeed find it a little difficult to switch focus from the gifts to the family. I can recall last year how my youngest, for months went on and on about this shark and a killer whale…this year…nothing…from all three of them. I don’t really understand it. None of them have presented my wife nor myself with some letter containing three pounds of additional pages on what they want for Christmas this year (as they have in years prior) I am unsure as to if that is a good thing because they have switched their priorities, or if it is a bad thing because they have simply picked up my bad habits in procrastination and we now have no idea what few gifts to purchase. I would like to make them good seeing as how we will not be buying the store and then some, but rather a few they will like and appreciate. If all else fails, their are always Black Forrest Gummy Bears…a holiday staple for Christmas, and just about any occasion.