Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Giving Away Love – Christmas Mania

This is a season of cheer, of food, and sheer shopping madness! Or is it?

I bring out a bag of gifts to lessen the pile of gifts underneath the little Christmas tree and when I get home, I bring along a bigger bag from my generous givers! Fantastic!

I mean, the vital idea is not in the physical things that we give to each other. It is the shudder of joy we get as we receive the merrily wrapped items. Why so, because it feels like a gentle pat on the back, or on the arm, or on our cheek that says, “You’re thought of ‘cause you matter.”, or "I care for you enough to take time to get this" or "Hey, I love you, get me?" or "For all you've been, I still care, whatever" or simply yet, it's a soft nudge in your heart that says it all.

So, as we open our gifts, let’s rid our minds of tag prices, or the utility, or the beauty of the presents but the thought and time spent in giving it.

As the years go by, we learn more about gifts and giving of ourselves, and what love means on a dark and cloudy day, a man hung crying in the rain, because of love, yes because of love……

“As little children, we would dream of Christmas morn,
Of all the gifts and toys we knew we'd find,
But we never realized, a baby born one blessed night
Gave us the greatest gift of our lives

We were the reason that He gave His life
We were the reason that He suffered and died
To a world that was lost He gave all He could give
To show us the reason to live.”

BING L. HERNANDO slept soundly at 12/29/2004 01:41:00 PM