Asked in church Sunday – not judge-y at all, and almost said in passing to make a different point – but which has had me thinking ever since. My answer, no my response to my answer, is a game changer.
An important distinction was suggested when I shared this on instagram: you can do both. But if you’re a believer doing the lesser at the expense of the greater, might you reconsider your priorities?
The trappings of the Christmas season are almost unavoidable in our culture. If you aren’t intentional, I don’t see how you can resist getting wrapped up in the celebration while relegating worship to a Christmas Eve service and maybe reading a devotional or decorating your home with Jesus-y art. Or maybe that’s just my custom. Again, this is no judgement, just a small, personal ephiphany I thought worthy of sharing.
But now that it’s on my periphery, I’m moving toward intention; maybe a few of you will, too.
Worship – our response to God and a means of honoring and revering Him – is expressed by listening, speaking and/or doing; it can involve the mind, heart or body.
Giving is one means of expressing worship.
For the rest of this week, I’m going to offer a way to worship by inviting you to give. I had planned this short series of posts a while back, but in light of Sunday’s question, I see it as much more than opportunity to give to worthy cause; cheerfully giving is one way for me to meaningfully worship.
I can’t wait until tomorrow–and I genuinely hope you’ll join me.
We are celebrating the SAVIOR and in humble response to the Gift of Light we have eliminated ALL decorations at our house except for ALL the White Lights and we will continue this new trend at my early January wedding where ALL the people (white lights) in the church house will be the only decorations for me! Praise Time N Tennessee!
Hey Sonya,
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding. I pray God will bless this union and give you two a life time of happiness.
Where in TN do you live? I’m in upper E. TN near NC and VA borders. It is about 2 hrs from Knoxville.
I’m celebrating a wonderful life giving Savior. So far my hubby and I have adopted 2 Salvation Army tree children. We are giving to family & a few friends.
I love to do a little shopping & especially enjoy giving to those less fortunate.
The only decorations we have up is a little “Charlie Brown” Christmas tree with a few lights. We don’t go all out. My favorite thing is to watch Charlie Brown Christmas–a must each year! Makes me cry because I feel that is the way of the world now-give me give me give me–or what can I get!