So I don't know about you guys, but I am so excited about Christmas!I'm the person who listens to Christmas music year round, and then gets all happy at Christmastime because it's finally not weird.
Christmas is such a wonderful time of year! Everyone's in a better mood, and there's a warm, cozy atmosphere in your home. Holiday lights get put up and trees get ornamented. Everybody is more compassionate at Christmas.
On Christmas Eve night, 2,000 years ago, God sent us a gift. He sent His Son, Jesus Christ to save us from our sins. Everybody knows the Christmas story. What they don't know is that God sent us another gift, a separate gift - the gift of Talent.
Every one has this gift, but it comes in different forms. Some people's Talent is music, for others it's math, or communicating.
We all have Talents. And each one of them is a gift from God, a little piece of him meant to be used as a reflection. Our Talents should reflect who God is.
What's your Talent? And what are you using it for? Try using your Talents to glorify God, even if it's something that you think is unimportant. Like balancing a pencil on your nose. When everyone says, "Wow! That's pretty cool," you can tell them why you can do that. Tell them who gave you the ability to do that. Even the smallest things can be used for God.
Everyone has Talents. Are you glorifying the One who gave them to you?
Tori, I'm right there with you. I LOVE Christmas!! Even when life is overwhelming, the beauty of Christmas brings serenity. You are so right that God gives us gifts....and sometimes we have to brave enough to use them when the world doesn't understand. God paid a high price for our sin. For beyond the manger a cross was waiting and our sin was nailed to that cross. God knows our pain for he gave the ultimate sacrifice when he sent that wee baby to earth!
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