MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas experience this year, and that Jesus is very real to you and your family. So often, we wrap our lives around our jobs, or our schooling, or our relationships and we completely overlook the only thing that can bring us stability and hope in our lives. It's not money, it's not a degree or initials behind your name, and it's not in success. It's living a life that is beyond ourselves. Maybe that means giving more than $5 in the offering plate, or putting more in the kettle than your spare nickels this Christmas. Maybe you should walk up to the Walmart and dump out the money that you would have spent on yourself into the red kettle, turn around, and go home without that new shirt that you really don't need anyway. Or maybe it's taking a meal to a less fortunate family, or actually try to get along with your in-laws this year. Or maybe it's just sitting down alone and spending time with God for a change. Silence.

Whatever it takes, live 2007 for something greater. Someone Greater.

Merry Christmas!
GP