The Christmas Craze.

Does anyone else feel like Christmas is coming a lot earlier than normal this year? I walked into a store in early October, and they already had everything Christmas out and ready to sell. Allow me to repeat, early October, like the first week. When I was little, I didn't  even know what I wanted to be for Halloween yet in the first week of October, let alone started thinking about Christmas. 

Don't get me wrong; I love Christmas, everything about it. I love Decorating the tree, being with family, and most certainly celebrating the birth of our Savior. 

If you would like to start listening to Christmas music or put up your tree in October, go for it. 

But think about it, what has our society really turned Christmas into? Why are stores putting merchandise up so early? 

Whenever I see the Christmas adds on TV or in the paper, ( yes, my house still gets the newspaper:) Most of the time all I see is " If your kids get this, this will make them happy." 

The other day, I heard one that said, " look at this family! they are so happy! why? because they just got a flat screen TV!" stop a second. Think about that.

Our world is full of " if you just get this one thing, you will be so happy." 

Ladies and Gentleman, we are being lied to. Maybe if we get the new Iphone 6, we will be happy, but how long will the happiness last? a few days? weeks? or maybe just until an newer, cooler phone comes out. 

Now, I love the giving part of Christmas, I am by no means saying I think that we should stop giving presents, not at all. Just that the real meaning of Christmas has somehow been lost in our Society. I hope this post helped you remember. 

God, sent his son to earth, to die for us, to die for you. We celebrate his birth on December 25th, and call it Christmas. 

" For unto us a child is born,to us a son i given." ( Isaiah 9:6a) 

Merry Christmas everyone! 

Shining your Light.

I have heard it said " One bad apple can spoil a bunch."
Yes, that can be true.... In many cases, that can indeed be true.
However, I don't think that is always the case.
Even when everyone around you is "bad" You can still shine your light, the light Jesus puts in each of us.
I was reminded of this, while I was planting Mums last week,:

The entire plant was dead, brown and shriveled up. Nothing beautiful about it at all.
Some might say that one dead flower " spoiled " the rest of them. Yet look at this beautiful red flower, shining its light among all the ugliness.

I think of Noah. The bible says " Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence." Gen. 6:11 

It also says 

" Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God." Gen. 6:9 

Noah shined his light among all the darkness. Think of how dark the world is, are you shining your light?
 This was quick, but I hope it was encouraging.
"In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." Matthew 5:16 
~KayK