Do They know it's Christmas Time?

Christmas was a busy time at 721 Lake Forest Dr. We got out of work early on the Friday before Christmas, and had Monday off too. I tried to use it to my advantage. On Christmas Eve I joined my friend Jennifer Tate and we went and helped sever lunch at the local homeless ministry. There are a few homeless in Vicksburg, and a whole lot of people who are a lot less fortunate than the rest of us. It was really nice to do some good and help them to have a Ham dinner for Christmas instead of a SPAM dinner for Christmas. I look forward to volunteering here again in the near future.

This was the first time I did some sort of service activitiy on the holiday itself. It really made me feel good to be able to do something for someone else rather than focusing on the commercialism that has become Christmas. This is where I’m taking the opperutnity to put out a public service message. The Christmas season may be over in your eyes, but please think about the reason for the season. Take some time out of life to do something for someone else. We all are so blessed to have so much. How many of us stressed about giving (or getting) the perfect presents and making it to every Christmas party to which we were invited. At some time during the year, I ask that you take the oppurtintity to give someone else a helping hand. It might be the homeless,, or a battered women’s shelter, an at risk child, or even just a stray animal. As Christ himself said, “That which you do for the least of my children you do for me”. I implore that you do something for another. Try to live by the golden rule, and do something for another – you never know when you might need someone to take a moment and assist you. It doesn’t need to be at Christmas, every day is a good day to serve.