Encounting The Spirit of Christmas

It's take two . . . The second annual 12 Gifts of Christmas starts in 12 days and we would love you to be involved. If you read my blog you will know I rate my involve last year as one of the best gifts I received.

"The 12 Gift of Christmas enable us to share the true

meaning of Christmas."

For me the concept or spirit of the 12 Gifts of Christmas (if you remember the song) is to give 12 different gifts or 'acts of kindness' each day starting on Tuesday 13th December. The founder of the 12 gifts of Christmas Trista Wilson has suggested the gift for each day which you can find on her Chain Links website if your plan to take part she has one simple request that you document your experience and share it will us. So your journey can inspire us and encourage others to take part in 2013!  Instructions on how to do this is on the website.

I will be sharing my 2012 experience here each day. Will there are suggested gifts for each day you can be creative if you wish or need to. As I work from home and am somewhat restricted by physical challenges I adapt my '12 gifts'.  While some of gifts cost a few dollars you do need to spend money to take part. If you join our community on facebook we will be sharing our experience there and I am sure you'll find plenty of inspiration.

I will attempt to post my 'creative adaptive list' before 13 th December.  Hope you will join us.

Debbie

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Social Justice . . . A Christian Response

Should Christians get involve in Social Justice? From the out set, I want to make it clear my answer is YES!  While Jesus made it clear our primary  roll here on earth is to be embarrasses of the gospel I believe his Sermon on the Mount give a clear mandate for .  Christians to be involved in seeks justice while we are on earth.

While we are not saved by our works our faith without works are dead.  Then Jesus answered them What I am about to tell you is the truth. Anything you did for the least of these, you did for me (Matthew 25:45) Jesus added the people who failed to care for people in need should depart from him.

Is there a better way to represent the gospel than to been seen as caring for the most at risk member members of our community?  Have said that, as a member of Pay It Forward community, I am a firm believer that every member of our community is deserving of being the recipient of kindness from another human being.

It is easy to see the needs of the homeless, single mums, people with disabilities, the poor, the hungry and those who are perhaps ‘broken in spirit’ in our community.  However, people’s needs are not always visible. 

We have not way of knowing if the person sitting next to us in the bus or the check-out chick is suffering emotionally, or even if they have a hidden disability. If we are fair dinkum about showing the compassion of Christ, then we should not be looking for the person ‘we think needs to be shown kindness the most.

Let us all act with compassion to out felloe man.