I was thinking about you | Merry & Bright

in #steemchurch5 years ago

Two days till Christmas, on the bus heading for work, reading my devos, and I was struck by worry for my mother.

You see my mom has never had money, in part because she never learned to save. In part because she associates spending money on someone with love. So, particularly at Christmas time, she will spend more than she has to shower others in affection.

funny-Christmas-quotes.jpg
Source

While wonderful in intent, it has always struck me as erroneous in nature, money after-all cannot buy happiness.

The worst part you might assume is the resulting spoiled child, or the post holiday poverty, but no. The worst part is seeing her heart broken, crying for forgiveness when she feels she hasn't done enough.

As a young boy I recall terrible and tearful regret from mom about not having "enough" for me. Even as a pre-teen I'd explain, price isn't the point. Unfortunately it never really landed and mom has always carried this burden... as many in today's consumer world do.

Then this morning I read the following encouragement and I thought I'd share it here.

A gift is an offering that says "I was thinking of you".

720x405.jpg
Source

A Gift is a Gift

It means you were thinking of someone besides yourself. You might spend a little bit, a lot, or nothing at all! The amount isn’t the point; the thought is. So be creative in the things that you want to give to someone. And don’t wait until December.
Source: Merry & Bright | Celebrating Christmas Every Day

My Prayer:

If only we could receive God's assurance. That in Christ we have all that we need, righteousness, sanctification, purpose, refuge and love.

Unfortunately, many of us spend the days of this life seeking fulfillment from worldly things: money, clothes, food, and toys. The great tragedy being we were not meant for such things, they are but momentary joys, not everlasting perfection. So we stuff ourselves "full" of vapid waste, striving to satisfy, and then lament when its never enough, because it's never enough.

Dear Lord, open the eyes of your people to deny the lie of modern man. Help us to see your truth, meaning and fulfillment do not come in a box, they come on a cross.

In Jesus name amen.

1112.png

1113.png

More from me:

🔴 Steemit: https://steemit.com/@infidel1258
🔴 Steemit # 2: https://steemit.com/@itisfinished
🔴 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOoOxEybRJm_iK7EtL11YNw
🔴 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infidel1258/
🔴 Minds: https://www.minds.com/register?referrer=infidel1258

Referral Links:

▶️ Brave Browser: https://brave.com/dwa705
▶️ Steem Monsters: https://steemmonsters.com?ref=infidel1258
▶️ Actifit: https://actifit.io/signup?referrer=infidel1258
▶️ Partiko: https://partiko.app/referral/infidel1258
▶️ CoinSquare: https://coinsquare.com/register?r=lbdcL
▶️ Coinbase: https://www.coinbase.com/join/59bbe24dd0e8a800f12e7b93

Sort:  

Your post has been manually curated by FreeVoter Team.You can earn liquid steem by delegating SP to @freevoter !! We are now paying 100% daily earnings and 90% curation reward to our delegators !! Join Discord for more information. Thank you !!

Congratulations @itisfinished! You have completed the following achievement on the Steem blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :

You distributed more than 28000 upvotes. Your next target is to reach 29000 upvotes.

You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word STOP

Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!