How to Celebrate Christ’s Birthday
Dear children,
It has come to my attention that many of you are upset that folks are taking My name out of the season. Maybe you’ve forgotten that I wasn’t actually born during this time of the year and that it was some of your predecessors who decided to celebrate My birthday on what was actually a time of pagan festival. Although I do appreciate being remembered anytime.
A dozen Christmas roses Bobby was getting cold sitting out in his backyard in the snow. Bobby didn’t wear boots; he didn’t own any and he didn’t like them anyway…. A dozen Christmas roses Bobby was getting cold sitting out in his backyard in the snow. Bobby didn’t wear boots; he didn’t own any and he didn’t like them anyway. The thin sneakers he wore had a few holes in them and they did a poor job of keeping out the cold. Bobby had been in his backyard for about an hour already. And, try as he might, he could not come up with an idea for his mother’s Christmas gift. He shook his head as he thought, “This is useless, even if I do come up with an idea, I don’t have any money to spend.” Ever since his father had passed away three years ago, the family of five had struggled. It wasn’t because his mother didn’t care, or try, there just never seemed to be enough. She worked nights at the hospital, but the small wage that she was earning could only be stretched so far. What the family lacked in money and material things, they more than made up for in love and family unity. Bobby had two older sisters and one younger sister, who ran
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I challenge you today, to take it easy. You might not be going to the same destination. It might surprise you later that, with all your pushing, they may still leave you on the ‘queue’ of destiny and become successful before you.
A Reminder About the Essence of Life
A man died and when he realized it, he saw God coming towards him with a suitcase in His hand. Then a dialogue ensued between God and the dead man:
God: Alright son, it’s time to go.
Man: So soon? I had a lot of plans…
26 Life Principles. Accept others for who they are and for the choices they have made even if you have difficulty understanding their beliefs, motives or actions.
