Devot. and Your First Christmas Card!

Dear Friends,

I pray you had a blessed Thanksgiving and weekend!

Well it is the beginning of December and I am sending you your first Christmas card and Christmas devot. of the season.

I was emailed this forward below last year and saved it for now.  You know that I am direct and say how things are. 

The forward is sadly how things are in our country right now.  My parents reflect that it was not like this in their or their parent's day.

 But it doesn't have to stay that way though.  We are still a free country and people, Praise God, and can still stand up for how things should be. 

God has placed us here to be lights in a dark world (Matthew 5:14-16) and it is at this time of year when we can let the love of Jesus shine from us. 

People are looking for lasting meaning to their lives and this season beyond the gifts and parties. When all that is gone, what will they have left to help them through the rest of the year?  Hopefully Jesus if we have the courage to share Him with a hurting world this year.

Remember that Christmas was about Christ before commercialization and all the rest of that came about. 

 

While I know that some may not choose to keep The True Meaning in the season, and they are free to do so as citizens of the US, individuals and even God gives us free choice, we should have a right to keep Him in the season for us, our families and future generations.  

I pray the devot. below is a great start to your Christmas season and the forward is a reminder of the state of our union and what we as Christians can do to make a difference at this time of year.  God bless you this week!

Devot. http://www.icr.org/article/celebrating-kingdom-christmas  (Used by permission.  Taken from http://www.icr.org/)

                                                               Twas the  month before Christmas

                                          When all  through our land,

 Not a  Christian was praying

 Nor taking  a stand.

 Why the PC  Police had taken away

The reason  for Christmas - no one could  say.

 

 The  children were told by their schools not to  sing

 About  Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and  things.

 It might  hurt people's feelings, the teachers would  say

 December  25th is just a ' Holiday '.

  Yet the  shoppers were ready with cash, checks and  credit

 Pushing  folks down to the floor just to get  it!

 CDs from  Madonna, an X BOX, an I-Pod

 Something  was changing, something quite  odd!

 

 Retailers  promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa

 In hopes  to sell books by Franken &  Fonda.

 As Targets  were hanging their trees upside  down

At Lowe's  the word Christmas - was no where to be  found.

 At K-Mart  and Staples and Penny's and  Sears

You won't  hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your  ears.

 Inclusive,  sensitive, Di-ver-is-ty

 Are words  that were used to intimidate me.

 Now  Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf  Blitzen

 On Boxer,  on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton  !

 At the top  of the Senate, there arose such a  clatter

 To  eliminate Jesus, in all public  matter.

 

 And we  spoke not a word, as they took away our  faith

 Forbidden  to speak of salvation and grace

 The true  Gift of Christmas was exchanged and  discarded

The reason  for the season, stopped before it  started.

 

 So as you  celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'Dream  Tree'

 Sipping  your Starbucks, listen to me.

 Choose  your words carefully, choose what you  say

 Shout  MERRY CHRISTMAS,

not Happy  Holiday!

 

 Please,  all Christians join together and wish  everyone you meet

 MERRY  CHRISTMAS!

 

 Christ is  The Reason for the Christ-mas  Season!

If you  agree please forward, if not, simply  delete.