CHRISTmas Removed

I just read of a Walmart shopper being trampled to death by an early morning Black Friday shopping crowd. I don't have the words to adequately describe the furor this invokes in me. This is so far from what Christmas is supposed to be, and I feel like our God must shake His head in sadness at what this holiday has become. I'll admit, I'm not much of a shopper. Money is usually a major issue. But no amount of savings is worth the life of anyone! I've heard tales from my sister-in-law of people grabbing items and fist fights, verbal fights, shoving, pushing and hassling over items in the name of Christmas. I tell you what, if that's Christmas, I want NO part of it. I refuse to be sucked in by what this world tells us we have to do. Do I buy gifts for my family; yes I do. Do I go into debt so I have to spend the next year paying it off because my child has to go back to school and look cool to the other kids? Absolutely not! Christmas is about remembrance. Remembering the special and awesome miracle of a baby that was born just to save this world. Christmas is about love, family, and tradition. What would it feel like to give a gift to your child but knowing you killed a man in the process? God, what does it feel like to give a gift to your people and they just trample your Son all over again by their actions? Am I telling you not to buy gifts for your family? No. I'm asking people to put CHRIST into CHRISTmas. Romans 12:2 "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind..."
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