Sorry, too busy to blog!

Sorry I haven't blogged in nearly a week. Christmas is a brutally busy season, and -this year- has sent me it's share of needs and crises. Pastoral care is something that often is not scheduled in advance, or planned for. I think that we best approximate the spirit of the season in giving, and in serving others. It's always nice to treat yourself, but -if that's the only giving that's going on in your life- you're truly impoverished. Christmas is about God showing His love for us in a tangible way: by giving the most expensive gift possible: His one and only son; and Jesus giving up his spot in heaven so that we could gain access to heaven. Christmas is a season of sacrifice, of selflessness. May I encourage you to lift your sights up off of yourself, look around, and see who you can serve, enrich, comfort, provide for, or encourage. Jesus said that if we give, He'll return serve abundantly. Generosity begets God's generosity, so why not take Him up on His promise this Christmas. Give! "God so loved the world that he gave... his one and only Son." --Thanks for the wonderful present: your presence, "Emmanuel" -God with us. May God be with you, and show His love through you, this Christmas.