Appreciation Night

One of the things that are wonderful in my spiritual family is that we know that we need each one to advance the kingdom of God… Last December 3… We had the Appreciation Night to our church volunteers and leaders who labor relentlessly in obeying the great commission… here are the photos.

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The Experience

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I would just like to share the experience that my husband and I had when we set up our Christmas tree. It wasn't something so grand, for now we just had this tall Christmas tree that John and I together with the kids, and my sister too, corporately made.

It was innovatively conceptualized by all of us- made from yarn with a basket as our base. The kids helped measured the yarn, and my sister made the poinsettias decorated around the basket and placed the stars around the Christmas tree. John and finished making our tree past 2 am.

We placed the gifts inside the tree. Kids are so excited and are marking the calendar already. Though I still have a few items to buy and wrap. I am going to do that tomorrow. 

Christmas List

I have been sharing that my hubby and I are starting our own Christmas tradition. So we have been thinking of a good way to know what the kids are hoping to have this Christmas.

We taught kids that Santa Claus is not real. It is like Pinocchio, or fairy godmother, or Cinderella or Shrek… people made it up. They are simply characters in children’s storybook. 

We want to anchor kids’ faith to God. As parents, we are making sure that their dependency is with God.  So instead of making a wish list to Santa, we taught them to make a prayer list of things they want to ask from God this Christmas.

We, parents, too prayed that God will give us the means to buy the things they want for Christmas. Nothing is impossible with God.

Christmas

Christmas is a season that comes at the end of the year. We all grow up wrapped with our very own Christmas culture. Attuned with this ethos, everyone motions to the usual celebration of Christmas every year- gift giving, noche buenas, caroling, parties and reunions.

But as we get into the mood of festivity, we also remember the quintessence of Christmas. That Love is the driving force why we celebrate Christmas. We heard this over and over before that Jesus Christ came to earth to display the unconditional love of the Father. We simply could not remove the basic truth of this season. This is the kind of love that moves us to love and share to others.

Without this love, we could not connect to other people with genuinely love but rather our relationship is swathed with personal motives like "spongers". But since Jesus Christ came and told us to love one another… that relationship is important than the material things this world can offer.

Christmas reminds us that family and friends are the real treasures.