What do you want for Christmas?

This year, especially this past week, I have had many conversations about Christmas gifts. Many of us buy what we want when we see it and don't even think about making a list. We have so much already... Please remember my earlier post about Gluttony! If you live in the US you are in the top 1% of the world economically. Basically, we are all rich.

So what do you want this Christmas?

I want to encourage you to ask others to give a gift to someone in need instead of giving a gift to you! My Grandma e-mailed my mom asking for us to get her a card this year. She gets it! We don't need anything! Let's help someone else this Christmas! Donate in the name of someone and give them the Thank You note! If they truly get what you are doing this will be the best and coolest present they get all year!

You can provide food, milk, water purification, and SOOOoo much more for people in need through out the world.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in below are some websites!

Gospel For Asia

Samaritans Purse

Heifer International

Compassion International

Where do we see the need to do this in Scripture? The 1st chapter of James! Especially verse 27!!

James 1:19-27 "My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

So let's put the Word into practice and take care of the orphans and the widows!