It is a time to reflect on this pass year and look forward to a better year. For some this may be a new job, new house, a new beginning, or just a sense of peace. This is also the month that becomes so hard for others to deal with because they have lost a love one, had a tough year and wonder what the New Year will bring.
It's a time of joy, laughter, getting together with family and friends in celebration of the holidays. We visit the nursing homes, volunteer, giving to the needy with baskets of food, and gifts for the kids. We help the homeless with hats, coats, and something hot to drank and eat. It's a good time of year to give back even if you have little to give. You can give of yourself.
A time to celebrate the birth of Jesus and what his life and death means to us, "each individually". It's a time to reflect on our country, the goodness of the Lord in directing our path. We need to stay ever so humble, strong in faith, and focus on his will for us all as a world.
Sometimes we miss the boat even with our own families and don't realize it. We all have a pass that we may have grown up with and have passed it on to our own families not seeing the hurt we have created in them. We must deal with our problems so that the next generation does not carry the burden and guilt because they were not able to be loved.
We seem to have no time for each other, blaming it on the job, the bills, the kids, and not feeling well; well guess what, we all have similar issues that we are dealing with. Some of us live so far away that you use that as an excuse not to call or visit. There are a lot of seniors in nursing homes feeling this way about there relatives. Take the time for a phone call, letter or surprise visit. In this economy, we are all broke but make an effort to do something.
I find that even living in the same town we are so busy,"give me a break". We are always playing the blame game with each other. That person doesn't call me or visit me so why should I. Well guess what, "God don't like ugly", and I keep reminding you all of this. Say what you got to say to that person and get it off your chest, so you can move on to a relationship and feel healthy within yourself. This is your life, why be miserable in side. You are right where the devil wants you to be, in his hands and not God's.
God said you are what you speak. But His word also says in Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me". Your ability to cope with life comes from Christ Jesus. He is the one who gives us strength and power to cope with the situations of life.
Pressing toward the Goal: (NLT) Phillippians 3:12-13 I don't means to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection! But I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be. "No dear friends, I am still not all I should be, "but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. "I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus is calling us up to heaven.
Take time this holiday season to reach out to one another because God said to forgive, let go of pass hurts, and love one another. Remember God loves us unconditionally. He showed us that from the cross, when He gave up his only begotten son to set us free.
Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year
The Rosebud
