What does Christmas mean?

 Wellness Wednesday~
December 19, 2012


 To many it has morphed into this mortal thing that demands we buy millions of dollars of stuff for people who (to a degree) feel a sense of entitlement to those gifts because they are inundated by the media with images of the next best thing.
My family and I celebrate Christmas thanking our Creator for having sacrificed so much that we may live on this earth and that he has a plan for each and every one of us. Start feeling this Christmas spirit by doing the following:
Volunteering: Find some place that you can give of your time that will bring others peace or joy, maybe at a nursing home; many do not have visitors and feel alone.
Take time to enjoy and share the holiday season: My family and I felt the joy when we encountered neighborhood carolers at our front door last week!
Give some home baked goodies to an elderly neighbor and sit down to visit with them
Smile: There are so many grumpy shoppers and cashiers that when you smile at them they almost fall over with surprise!
Find the peace for the Reason for this Season, the celebration of a savior being born.
With the tragedy that happened last week, we need to hold our children tighter, tell them that we love them more often. Remember, it not always the quantity of time we give to one another, but the quality. “There may be a feeling that life is too short and they are motivated to change whatever situation we are in In a life-threatening situation, people are motivated to reevaluate their lives, their goals, their futures and their priorities,” says Catherine L. Cohan of Penn State University, who studied how 1989’s Hurricane Hugo and 9/11 impacted relationships.
Let’s cease this Christmas holiday as an opportunity to put things behind us and move forward loving our family; many will be missing a loved on this Christmas day.


Praise God for salvation and have a very Merry Christmas!