I mention that Christmas is just 2 weeks away, to one of my friends today, he replied: "I hate Christmas, with all the commercialism." This is true, very true.
How should we react in a culture of consumer Christmas, when the other 80ish percent of the world cannot par- take in this "holiday"? I think that awareness is a big part of it, meaning we need to know situation of the other 80ish percent of the world. I need to take the truth seriously, that my church family extents not just across the wealthy portion of the US but to impoverished of the world. I must remember that when i entered the Kingdom of God, entered into a Kingdom where Love was the new law. Oh, I claim to worship Jesus....who was born-in-a-barn and choose to live as a homeless man! Can i see through this "Christmas makeup", to the pain in Jesus' heart when he sees those suffering because of our socking stuffers. Just please, react to this.
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e: I had an amazing time boarding yesterday in the rain. woo hoo!!
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Are you refering to all the products made in china when you said "when he sees those suffering because of our socking stuffers."
Oh yeah. the snowboarding. The skiing. The yardsales. ALL in the rain. Let's do it again.
And the Christmas deal? It is too expensive to give away my culture of death to many... for the sake of Jesus Christ who's gospel was/is good news to the poor. But I don't like suffering. Period. The best thing I can do NOW is to become more pained about how things are than about the consquences of trying to do something about the suffering of other people. Pray God that the senses of my so-called selfless living could become acutely aware of MORE than bank account[s], Bible Study, and soda pop. To quote rich mullins: "it's hard, so hard. It's hard to be like Jesus"
thanks for the thoughts, dean.
hey dean, man it's been awhile. how u been?