The Giving and Getting Season

The Giving and Getting Season

 

We are in “that” season of the year. The season of shopping and giving. Lots of family planning and activities to be done. Christmas plays and parties to attend. Cookies to be made and fun to be had. To watch a kid at Christmas is so fun because there is a magic to the season. We want that magic for every child.

What are your kids giving this year? Kids are automatically excited for Christmas. They look forward to telling Santa what they want for Christmas. They make sure their rooms are extra clean and they are extra good all month long. They want so many things it is hard to decide what to get them for Christmas. But, what are your kids GIVING this year?

Do they sort out the toys they don’t play with anymore to donate or better yet, do they pick out a new toy to give to a child in need? Christmas is about giving and getting both. Kids need to learn that it is just as fun to get a gift as it is to give one. If you don’t do this, please begin this as a tradition with your kids. Encourage your child to pick out something they would like to get as a gift to give to another child.  

We want to give gifts to our friends and family to show love. We want to give gifts to our children because we love them. What about the single mom who is barely making her bills? Her children deserve to know they are loved too. She WANTS to give gifts to her children, but she may not be able to. It is hard as a parent wanting to give to your child but not being able to. The single mom is worried not only about being able to pay the bills but also being able to give gifts to her children.

Take this time of year as a parent to teach about giving to others. Teach them about giving without expecting anything in return.  This lesson needs to be taught all year round. Christmas is not the only time of year to give. People struggle all year long.  Kids need to learn that life isn’t about getting stuff. It is about helping others in any way we are able.

This also may be a reminder for us adults too. Do we need all the stuff on the list? Is having the newest of everything really that important? Can we just be content with what we have and help others around us instead?

Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of if the season the true meaning gets lost. It isn’t about Santa coming to bring you gifts or getting more stuff. It is about a little baby named Jesus being a gift to the whole world. God sent us the perfect gift of salvation in the form of a baby, his son would save us from sin once and for all. That is a gift that will last into eternity.