I wait for Christmas every year and as it approaches, I often even get sad that it will be gone too soon. Then I asked myself, what am I doing? What is this all about? So, I have decided to not get caught up in my feelings but to actually celebrate the Christmas season. I have decided to do 25 acts of kindness before Christmas came and share it with family so that from early on, our kids would be exposed to doing good and serving others. I cannot describe how rewarding and special it was, to serve others and remind them of what Christmas is truly about. I wish I kept better track of all that we did, but that’s not what’s important, so here are just a few things. We made some packed lunches for the homeless and drove around passing them out, bought some gift cards and passed them out to strangers, left a small gift for our mail man, rang the bell for Salvation Army, left poinsettia flowers for some of our neighbors, delivered some kids books (the true story of Christmas) to random doors of people with kids, bought a toy and handed it to a child in need, helped elderly when saw need, invited neighbors for dinner, made goodies for some of our neighbors, volunteered at church… There were things we did not get to do this year, but will definitely try to do this month or next. The biggest thing that has been on my heart is to go to the children’s hospital and hand out balloons to kids and to deliver flowers to a couple of nursing homes to people that don’t get visitors. As I type this, my heart is overflowing with gratitude to my amazing God , who is all about love, giving, kindness and forgiveness. I hurt for people that do not know what an awesome God He is and I feel convicted over and over for not sharing His greatness. Majority celebrate presents, songs, and decorations and the most frightening thing is their kids will follow those exact same footsteps and where will it get them? To the world of emptiness and always feeling as if nothing is enough. That is the truth, there is not one thing on this earth that will make you feel content until you find Him, the One who created you, who knew you in your mother’s womb. In fact, life is absolutely meaningless without Him, the one who gives me hope every single day and I will do my best to pass on that hope to my kids. It makes me want to jump for joy that I have Him to love me at ALL times and to always be on my side no matter how much I screw up in life. As I was reading the Christmas story to my babies this year, I felt like I was there when Jesus Christ was born and felt that indescribable joy. While reading the story, trying to relay the joy of Christ’s birth to my kids and look at Bella’s lit up eyes was absolutely priceless. I hope as they grow up, they will be shaped into people that serve the ones in need and always find joy in the one and only God.
Thank you uncle “O” for taking the photo.
