This week a friend left a gift bag on my door. Inside were some Christmas dish towels and a cookie cutter. The cookie cutter looked like modern art, and I had to look at it carefully to see that it said, "JOY." I have to make some sugar cookies just so I can eat JOY.
I did not purchase big gifts for anyone this year...I did some special giving --- like massages for co-workers from a massage therapist, a few crocheted items, and some other small things.
Tonight...Christmas Eve...the news anchor reported that we aren't doing so well this year. We, consumers, aren't living up to the expectations of retailers. We're not spending enough. We're not going deep enough in debt. We're affecting their bottom line. Yeah for us!
I refuse to be made to feel guilty that I don't want to max out even one credit card. I don't want to buy stupid gifts that people are going to re-gift or put in the back of the closet. I don't want to worry about whether I will offend someone by not giving them a gift or giving them something they hate.
I refuse to allow anything to keep me from the truth of Christmas. Jesus, the Son of God, became a human being in order to die for the sins of the world. Truth and Life born in obscurity...Power and Glory living among us. And Immanuel, God with us in our midst. That's BIG.
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