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DON’T PUT THEM AWAY

“And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.”

Luke 9: 23, 24 King James Version

There are people who are already looking forward to cleaning up the wrapping paper from the gifts that will be opened on Christmas Day. They are making plans to take the tree down and put the ornaments away as soon as possible. I heard someone make this comment “I can’t wait until Christmas is over so we can get back to normal and put all this stuff away for another year”.

Sad to say there are some people who will not only put the ornaments and decorations away, they will put their smiles and kindness away for another year. They won’t call or go visit some of their relatives for another year. A lot of people can’t go visit because of the cost of gas, the distance and financial difficulties. However, there are some people who just don’t care and can’t wait for their relatives to leave.

I received four emails in the last two months from people who told me that they have relatives coming for Christmas who never call or visit them all year. The people who sent me these emails were heartbroken. We do the same thing with Jesus. There are people who go to church at Christmas who won’t go back for another year. How this must break the heart of our Saviour!

Please don’t put away your smiles, your love and your kindness. Your family, loved ones and friends need to know that they are loved all year. We need to take up our cross daily and follow Jesus’ example of giving them unconditional love.

Joanne Lowe
December 12, 2006

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