A life focused on giving...

This is so awesome!

Certainly we all forget at times, what Christmas is all about!
In a time, where instant satisfaction is so important, gifts are so important, too. Imagine the eyes of your children if they only receive 1 gift. Imagine the looks from your friends when you tell them about just giving 1 gift, hm.

The question remains, aren't we [the faithful] at fault here?
Did not we create children that "need" more and more by not living a life that focuses more on giving, rather than receiving.

"As for me and my house, we serve the lord."
Maybe, just maybe, this year we can change that, and we buy 1/4 gift for every gift we bought for someone else and give it to some one who has nothing. Or, if that is to radical for you. Just take 1/4 of the money you spend on stuff that actually will end up in your or someone else's basement in about 3 month, and give it to an organization that helps those in need.

Remember this: w.w.j.d.? How about you remember that saying this year every time you go "Christmas"-shopping. It helps me a lot when I question myself if Jesus would really by the 5th gift for my wife, or if he wold go and change the world with that money......

(from a Grace Community attendee)