Corinthians 9:15
“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”
“Are you willing…
To stoop down and consider the needs
and desires of little children;
To remember the weaknesses and loneliness
of people who are growing old;
To stop asking how much your friends love you,
and to ask yourself if you love them enough;
To bear in mind the things that other people
have to bear on their hearts;
To trim your lamp so that it will give more light
and less smoke,
and to carry it in front so that your shadow
will fall behind you;
To make a grave for your ugly thoughts
and a garden for your kindly feelings,
with the gate open?
Are you willing to do these things for a day?
Then you are ready to keep Christmas!
After all, Christmas-living is the best kind of
Christmas-giving.”
― by Henry Van Dyke
