Showing and sharing this Christmas

That's today's topic. What's it mean? Settle back and we'll explore it all together.
You see, I do this for myself as much as in hopes that it might help another.

Let's begin with "Showing" Christmas.

First off let's define Christmas.
To come to mass is to come together in recognition and/or celebration and to the greatest point to honor God.
Christmas then to my way of thinking would be the coming together in recognition and celebration of Christ's coming to be with us in human form in this world.

We strike a few points there.
Christmas is the celebration of Christ's birth
Christmas is the coming together of people to honor Christ over the recognition of his birth.
Christmas is the gathering of Christians to praise God for having his Son Jesus Christ be born unto the earth and for the ultimate gift He gave us that would have THE most worthy life to have ever been born to the world not only show us how to live, but also to pay the debt of every soul that is and will be. For no other man born to earth would be worthy to pay even his own debt of sin, let alone that of all. Only the sinless Christ could pay such a debt. And so he did.

Let's review thus far:
Christmas is a time to come together and praise God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost for doing something out of pure love for us that in turn offered us each eternal salvation if only we accept it.

Yes, we should do this year round, day in and day out, but there should be a day set aside to focus on nothing but this most beautiful gift God gave us. Such there is. It is called Christmas!

Now onto "showing" Christmas.
Many people decorate their houses and yards in light. This can be quite proper if done to commemorate the light that was given to the world that wondrous day.
Many people come together in groups to "carol". To sing songs of the season. This too can be quite proper if the songs are in celebration, recognition and praise of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost.

These are but a few examples of common forms, but by now I think we should begin to see the common denominator. GOD

There are in fact many ways to show Christmas and the most important is to have God strong in our hearts, for with God in our hearts, it WILL show. Then all we need do is share the joy within us!


That brings us to our second topic, "Sharing".

Let's explore sharing Christmas.
Sharing Christmas is to share the joy of life eternal, the very gift God gave us beginning with Christ's birth.
There are more ways to do this than there are numbers to recognize them all.
A simple act of kindness done in Christ's name.
A prayer that the Holy Spirit would place the truth once more upon a lost soul that perhaps this time that soul might accept Jesus.
The easiest way to know that you are sharing Christmas as God would appreciate it done is to pray to God in Jesus name, asking for his perfect guidance in your life.

To do this we must go to god in prayer without sin........
But wait! We are all sinners! Correct. We should strive not day by day, but rather heart beat by heart beat to not sin. If there is however unforgiven sin within us, Jesus gave us the gift of using his name to ask forgiveness.

So.........
Entering into prayer with God, we ask in Jesus' name that he forgive us our sins that we might be closer to him and that we might hear more clearly his voice. This requires Faith. The wonderful thing is that God will help you grow your faith as well if only you'll ask.

In prayer with God, with sins forgiven through Jesus' name, we have an open channel with God and can ask and receive. The most important thing here in my own personal walk with the Lord is to remember that this prayer does not have to end.

Correct! Pray without ceasing does not have to mean pray, then stop, the immediately start again.

Let's examine the word "Amen" to keep things short and simple, it means "so be it" or "let it be so" and is a word of faith that we believe in God to do what he said he will. If you don't believe it, or don't mean it, DON'T SAY IT. What it does NOT mean is "the end" as it is often taken to be.

God doesn't hear "amen" and turn off the radio switch. We CAN continue to speak and commune with GOD. In fact it's important to note that He IS our greatest friend and we can talk with him as we would with a friend. We can talk about our day, even that funny noise our car's making. We can talk about life, about the funny mistake we made earlier today that made us feel goofy until we finally laughed it off.
Ever have that phone conversation with a friend that just seemed to go on forever and yet seemed as though it had only been minutes at the same time? We can have that with God as well.

We can Show and Share Christmas in many many ways, but the most effective is with our lives.

Let us not forget.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Share some joy with someone today
and show some eternal happiness along the way

Thanks again,
Frank