Yesterday I picked up an interesting pharmacy mailer.

On the front page it says, “Christmas to me …. is a walk on the beach and feeling the sand squeeze between my toes.” On another page we read, “Christmas to me … is being busy doing nothing.” I like this one, “Christmas to me………is being a million miles away from the office.” Are you away from the office? There are actually 13 “Christmas to me…..” listed in the mailer. I have counted them. Let me close with the last one: “Christmas to me … is indulging in food, glorious food.”

What is now CHRISTMAS to ME?

Let me tell you.

Christmas to me is:

— PEACE,

— SALVATION and

— LIGHT!

Luke 2:29-32

“LET NOT OUR HEARTS BE BUSY INNS

THAT  HAVE NO ROOM  FOR THEE,

BUT CRADLES FOR THE LIVING CHRIST

AND HIS NATIVITY.”

“Without the birth of the child in the manger we would live a faith submerged in sin and devoid of hope.”

He aha te mea nui o te ao?

He tangata! He tangata! He tangata!

Translated:

What is the most important thing in the world?

It is people! It is people! It is people!

John 3:16

“Previously not all the promises in the Bible could induce me to believe; now not all the devils in hell could persuade me to doubt.”

Catherine Booth

“My journey in the Christian life has also taught me a major Lesson about friendship; to have dependable and reliable friends you must first of all be a good friend to others.”

Rory Fallon

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