Encourager (Dec) What We Want For Christmas

What We Want For Christmas
So many of you ask, since Christmas is drawing near.
“What do you want for Christmas? What can we give you this year?”
If we say, “We want nothing!” You buy something anyway.
So here’s a list of what we’d like; believe now what we say;
Pajamas for a little child, food to feed the poor.
Blankets for a shelter, and we ask but little more…
Perform good deeds and let us know, or volunteer your time.
These last are worth a fortune, and they needn’t cost a dime.
We have our fill of garments, ties, underwear and socks.
Candy is too fattening, crossword books we’ve more than 20.
We don’t need trays or plates or cups, and knickknacks we have plenty.
We’ve no walls to hang more pictures; we have books we’ve not yet read;
So please take what you’d spend on us and help the poor instead!
Just send a Christmas card to us and tell us what you’ve done;
We’ll open them on Christmas Eve, and read them one by one.
It won’t cost as much for postage as a package sent would do.
You’ll need no wrapping paper, ribbons, ink or glue.
And we’ll thank God you listened to what we had to say.
So we could be the instruments to help someone this way.
(The above poem ran in the Dear Abby column on Dec. 6, 1999.
And was written by an anonymous reader from Missouri)
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Lord, Help me to make adjustments in my life &
my way of thinking, as I want to be in the center of your will. Whatever
glorious work that you have planned for me on this earth, I wish to fulfill.
Lead me, guide me, & bless me with an open heart & caring spirit. Free me
of my judgmental thoughts & prejudice opinions. Help me to be
a living example of your love & kindness. And I ask all these things
in Jesus name, Amen
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Just suppose the Lord would begin tomorrow to make people as sick
as they ‘think’ they are on Sunday. YIKES!!!
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Let others see Jesus in you…and remember, the Jesus they
see in you…may be the only Jesus they see!