Friday, December 26, 2008

The Day After Christmas

What do you do after Christmas? Sure we enjoy our gifts and think about all the new memories, but what do we as Christians do? Shouldn't there be some task or duty that befalls us after the world has gone back to their daily routine? Shouldn't we that have received and understand the gift of salvation set our hands to a greater task? We do have that great responsibility of the Great Commission! I heard once that life becomes very fragile after Christmas for the elderly and weak. I was told that the elderly and weak viewd Christmas as the last time they would see their loved ones together and that they lived on the hope of that blessed holiday. Soon enough Christmas would come and go and the hope would pass as the New Year rolled around. The will to live would pass as well. But there is another hope, The Blessed Hope, that we as Christians live for. Could this be the perfect time to present the Gospel message to those that are near their journey to eternity? Could they be receptive to the gift of an eternity of Christmas's? Would you not cleave to the promise of being reunited with the loved ones we left behind? For us that believe, everyday is Christmas. Can we, dare we, be bold enough to share that gift to someone that needs hope? So, what do we do after Christmas - do what we should do best, give hope to those that have no hope and life to those that are dying.

2 comments:

BlessedMama said...

That was very well put. Thank you...

Have a blessed "after" Christmas day!

Jammie said...

That's something I've never thought of. I thought perhaps Christmas might be a lonely day for those in a care center so I took Jaycie to pass out Christmas cards. Once we got there I realized that that would probably be one of the days with a higher rate of family visitors. After the holidays is probably the best time to visit. Jaycie will be making a return visit and perhaps we can bring hope to some of the residents.

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