A Gift to Pass On
Perhaps the best word of encouragement I can give you today is the one I need to hear myself. It’s okay to take some time off from our work pace to prepare love gifts for the family, and to plan to spend time with loved ones.
Deathbed confessions are usually in this vein, “I should have taken more time for the family.” Let’s take the cue and do that this Christmas season as much as we can.
Our family is rather scattered across Canada, and now even the brother closest to us, says he’s in too much emotional pain to spend time with us over Christmas. This won’t quite stop me. It just calls for more creativity to barge in on him with a meal, and kindly draw him out and help him to move on - as much as possible.
This morning in praying for him, I was reminded that he cannot, nor can I, undo the wrongs done to him, but the best recourse is to go throw himself in to the arms of the Lord, and humbly beg for help. In Psalms it says He sees our affliction and hears our anguished cry, and He helps us out of all our troubles. (Psalm 31:7)
If you don’t need fresh help from God these next few days, there may be someone else in your circle of contacts who does. You can give them the gift of encouragement.
