Christmas Giving
In the Christmas story of Scrooge, a selfish man ultimately escapes from a personal lonely hell by unconditionally giving his stored-up wealth to help others, which unlocks the happiness, peace, and joy that his money could never give him.
When people lack the basic needs for food and shelter, they are highly stressed.
But once they meet those needs, they seek happiness, peace, and joy by acquiring possessions and money.
However, those only bring them temporary distractions or comforts.
Yet, they are unknowingly sitting the whole time on the key that would unlock happiness, peace, and joy—which is to take possessions and money and give them to people in need.
By lovingly and unconditionally helping needy people, you will heal your emotional pain, replacing it with the happiness, peace, and joy you have been searching for.
If you are hoarding excess wealth and possessions, that will only give you false security.
The moment you discard that false security by lovingly giving away your excess wealth and not listening to your fear, which says you are losing, that false security will be replaced by God’s security.
Over time, if you lovingly give to others, with no strings attached, the money and resources will return to you, plus some, and you will experience the feelings you always wanted.
You will realize that fear has been lying to you, holding you back from the feelings you always wanted and the true security of knowing that there is a God who provides for and protects you.
If you get out of God’s way, He will provide for you, express His loving spirit through you, protect you, and give you the wisdom to continue on this journey with Him.
More will be revealed to you each day, which is exciting, wonderful news!
Santa Claus gives to the nice, but not to the naughty.
That means he gives to the selfless, loving, and forgiving, but not to the selfish, unloving, and unforgiving.
He gives to those who give unconditionally to others, and not to those who give to others conditionally.
Christmas is about Jesus, who gave unconditionally to everyone He encountered, with no strings attached.
He died on the cross, suffering in order to teach us that we can love and forgive our enemies under any circumstances.
So, Jesus taught us through His example how to give and how to forgive others unconditionally.
Jesus showed us what the living God, our Creator, looks like in the flesh.
He was a perfect expert giver, showing us what we should aspire to do and be.
People usually need to see to believe.
For them, examples are everything.
Jesus demonstrated God’s unconditional love and forgiveness through His unconditional loving and forgiving.