Ripping open presents is fun except when it’s your presents
and someone else did the opening. When I was in middle school, we were in the
process of going to my dad’s for Christmas. We arrived at the house to find a
window open and all of our Christmas presents open and all the presents were gone.
Christmas was stolen from us. It was a life long memory I will never forget. I
will admit it was a tough day. As tough as it was for us, in the grand scheme
of things it was so small.
Many people all over the world don’t get Christmas presents.
They don’t get the experience of Christmas. A chunk of the world is happy just
to survive the day or have food to eat in a day. We have so much to be thankful
and can help others. This is what the Apostles told Paul in his ministry…
“Continue to remember the poor, (Paul responded) the very
things I had been eager to do all along.” – Galatians 2:10.
Paul understood the point the Apostles wanted to share with
him. Give to the poor. Every church gets called with people looking for meeting
the basic needs everything from gas to paying bills to a place to stay at
night. The church is meant to help those in need. You could be a blessing to
someone else.
We had insurance and a little while later we got the
Christmas presents that were taken from us, so many won’t get a Christmas
present, this could change. There is an organization with this goal in mind. To
bring Christmas to kids all over the world and you can help.
Samaritan’s Purse has a project called Operation Christmas
Child. http://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/
You can bring Christmas to someone else in the world. They
take the Gospel message and present it along with your gift to people all over
the world.
Every year I have our middle and high school students from
my church do this ministry. They partner, bring money then go and buy Christmas
presents to share with people all over the world. Each box needs $7 for
shipping and we have a blast giving a present to someone that wouldn’t get one.
Paul calls us to take care of the poor. You can do this. You
can make a difference help your community and help those in need. Check out
this ministry and see what you can do to help. We might have had Christmas
present stolen from us but at least we originally had presents waiting for us.
Help someone else enjoy a Christmas present.
