Unfortunately anxiety seems to defeat the simple purpose of one of the central messages of Christmas,“peace on earth, good will toward men”, a message delivered directly from heaven to earth. So instead of getting caught up with all the madness of buying gifts and trying to please everyone, try something different.
My i suggest you look around and find one less fortunate person or family and help them in some way? Christmas is all about love. Love is something you do. We show love by what we do, not just by what we feel.
Love is more than attraction and more than arousal. It's also more than sentimentality, like so many of today's songs suggest. By this standard, is love dead when the emotion is gone? No, not at all. Because love is an action; love is a behavior.
God commands us to love each other, and you can't command an emotion. If I told you right now "Be sad!," you couldn't be sad on cue. Just like an actor, you can fake it, but we're not wired for our emotions to change on command. Have you ever told a little kid, "Be happy!" I'm trying, daddy!
If love were just an emotion, then God couldn't command it. But love is something we do. It can produce emotion, but love is an action.
“... Let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions." (1 John 3:18, NLT)
We can talk a good act: 'I love people.' But do we really love them? Do you really love them? Our love is revealed in how we act toward them. Let’s not freak out this season but instead let’s put love in action.
My i suggest you look around and find one less fortunate person or family and help them in some way? Christmas is all about love. Love is something you do. We show love by what we do, not just by what we feel.
Love is more than attraction and more than arousal. It's also more than sentimentality, like so many of today's songs suggest. By this standard, is love dead when the emotion is gone? No, not at all. Because love is an action; love is a behavior.
God commands us to love each other, and you can't command an emotion. If I told you right now "Be sad!," you couldn't be sad on cue. Just like an actor, you can fake it, but we're not wired for our emotions to change on command. Have you ever told a little kid, "Be happy!" I'm trying, daddy!
If love were just an emotion, then God couldn't command it. But love is something we do. It can produce emotion, but love is an action.
“... Let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions." (1 John 3:18, NLT)
We can talk a good act: 'I love people.' But do we really love them? Do you really love them? Our love is revealed in how we act toward them. Let’s not freak out this season but instead let’s put love in action.
Will you find someone who needs love and take action? What are some ways to demonstrate love this season?
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