The Best Gifts This Season
The Best Gifts This Season
To a Friend, Loyalty
To an Enemy, Forgiveness
To your Boss, Service
To your Child, A good example
To your Father, Honor
To your Mother, Gratitude and Devotion
							
					
															The Best Gifts This Season
To a Friend, Loyalty
To an Enemy, Forgiveness
To your Boss, Service
To your Child, A good example
To your Father, Honor
To your Mother, Gratitude and Devotion
							
					
															Why Jesus Is Better Than Santa Claus
Santa lives at the North Pole…
JESUS is everywhere.
Santa rides in a sleigh…
JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water.
Santa comes but once a year…
JESUS is an ever present help.
							
					
															The Greatest Gift of All
It’s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so. It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas—oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it – overspending … the frantic running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma—the gifts given in desperation because you couldn’t think of anything else.
							
					
															Two Babes in the Manger
In 1994, two Americans answered an invitation from the Russian Department of Education to teach morals and ethics (based on biblical principles) in the public schools. They were invited to teach at prisons, businesses, the fire and police departments and a large orphanage. About 100 boys and girls who had been abandoned, abused, and left in the care of a government-run program were in the orphanage. They relate the following story in their own words:
							
					
															A Box Full of Kisses
The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.”