12.21.07
My Favorite Christmas Gift
Merry Christmas! I’m standing here next to some of my friends. Some have just finished printing the Christmas Eve bulletins for services to which you are invited at 4:00, 6:00 and 10:00 p.m., others have just finished putting up the poinsettias which emanate a festive red and green. For me, they are people with whom I find acceptance, patience, encouragement, happiness, and loyalty. In addition, we share a common Lord. For that, I give thanks.
There’s another friend of which I celebrate. You see the crèche, and it symbolizes what for me has been a gift of God. When I get asked, “What did you get for Christmas?” I can say, in all honesty, “I received a friend from God.” Jesus; “What a friend we have in Jesus;” “He walks with me and talks with me.” He’s been a friend since I first committed my life to Him, and I relish and celebrate that this is a friendship that is eternal. What better gift could one receive?
If ever you need a friend, I would be there; but I would also “Wish for you my friend, this happiness that I have found.” It was a Christmas gift from God. The gift was a friend named Jesus Christ. If ever you’d like to talk about that, let me know. The light is on, and the coffee’s fresh. Stop by.
Your friend, Pastor Don
