Christmas Presents

"Of the presents which ones last" words sung in a favorite song of mine. And I got to thinking about that line. Yeah, I thought, presents never last, but then I got thinking again. That's probably not what the song means to say at all. It could easily and most likely is associated with the birth of Christ and the first Christmas which is what most Christmas songs are all about. But what if this song means a little something else. Whit if it just means that it's not the actual gift, the physical present, that people remember so much as how grateful a person feels to know that someone else was thinking about them. That's really why Christmas works like it does. When Christ died and was resurrected he was thinking of us. He was thinking of the people he loved, the people he was dieing for. And how can any person show how grateful the are to that kind of thoughtfulness. Perhaps by thinking of others and being a servant for Christ, because he would help us all if he could, is what we should do. Why not do that for him? Do for him what he can not. It doesn't have to me something huge, just making a sick friend some cookies or doing a siblings chore one day. They may not notice or show gratification but Christ will notice. He will be grateful to you and what more could you want in the Christmas season that to thank your Lord for all he has done for you. People will remember being so grateful for the things you have done. So this is my challenge to all of you. Remember what your savior has done and thank him for it.