One winter, many snowflakes ago-- my youngest son--decided to engage in naughty behaviors…and yet with Christmas only days away, he still expected that he would receive a mountain of gifts.
Let me back up the sleigh a minute to share that we did not incorporate Santa into our Christmas celebrations. And before you reach for a tissue out of sympathy for my children, let me assure you that they charged down the stairs just as excitedly as your children to many gifts under the tree…that were from us.
We just opted to only celebrate the real reason for the season without the inclusion of the man in the red suit.
Sleigh ride forward…our son was perceptive enough to comprehend that Mommy and Daddy were not going to overlook his naughty behaviors without consequences, so he declared, ‘I do believe in Santa Claus and he will bring me presents’.
I went along with it. I even went out and purchased a ‘Cookies for Santa’ plate and a Santa mug for milk. ‘Twas the night before Christmas and he gingerly placed cookies on the plate and filled the mug with ice cold milk.
He charged down the stairs Christmas morning and his eyes beheld just a trace of milk left in the mug and only crumbs on the plate along with a lump of black coal…and a letter from the man he was counting on.
Dear Justin~
I was checking my list and checking it twice--to find out if throughout the year-- you were naughty or nice. You were very naughty…and do not deserve any gifts.
Try to be good next year! ~Santa Claus
His eyes were as big as saucers and filling with tears—as he turned around and saw in the corner of the room a huge pile of gifts with this letter on it:
Dear Justin~
I don’t have a list and I’m not checking it twice. I love you unconditionally whether you are naughty or nice. My love and gifts for you are not given to you because of anything you do or don’t do~but because of everything I did.
Among all your presents may you discover that I AM the real reason for the season. I am the Gift of gifts. ~Jesus Christ
Wendy’s Witz-dom: Keep CHRIST in Christmas!
God’s Wisdom: For God so loves each of us—naughty or nice. His love and forgiveness is a gift, not deserved or earned…but because of whom He is…and what He has done.
©WitzEnd Writings
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Good one Wendy, I like it. You and David possess much wisdom.
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