‘Tis the Season for Giving
Today, I’m featured at Dave Ramsey’s How to Have a Merry Different Christmas Blog:
The Christmas season has a peculiar way of bringing out the best and the worst in each of us. The arguments in our house begin at Thanksgiving with Black Friday. Every year, my husband graces us with a diatribe on the incivility of shopping on the heels of giving thanks to God for all the blessings He has given us.
I, on the other hand, defend those who are excited to use gift giving as a means to express their love to friends and family. And though no one in our family shops on Black Friday, arguments about giving, spending, worship and materialism stir deep conflicts in everyone.
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2 Responses to “‘Tis the Season for Giving”
Beautiful article – thank you for this!
You have hit the very root of our problem in America in my opinion. We seem to have forgotten what we are taught about “The Great Depresion,” when compassion and love were the only gift’s to give. Today it seems everything centers around monitary possesions.
Every now and again compassion raises it head. When a family member passes, or a tragity occours. We need to start realizing that compasion and love is much more rewarding than items we will not be able to take with us. It’s never to late to search ones soul. Thank you for sharing, and putting things in perspective. Happy Holliday’s and prayers to all victim’s of violence.