Marriages over twenty years are falling apart, people are in financial distress as some are still laid off. More people are diagnosed with cancer every day, others are anxious over the coming Christmas season, while others are mourning a loss, and over all there is tension, trials, stress, struggles, loss, pain and loneliness.
Maybe this year we could focus more on making other’s lives easier instead of spending more time in stores. Perhaps we could reach out to a stranger with a hand of comfort instead of running by to get the latest electronics on sale. Even in limited time, we can offer a smile, a kind word while waiting in line or at work and ask if a person would like some prayer.
Maybe, just maybe, this Christmas season, instead of putting up more Christmas lights and pouring out more egg nog, we could shine the light of Jesus Christ from our hearts and eyes, and let His living water flow out of us and touch the lives around us with the unconditional love of the Savior.