Posted every year since 2015.
Dear Person Who is Loved by People,
This Christmas season as we’re making our gift lists and thinking about what we don’t have and want – a wish for all of us is that we remember that PEOPLE are the most important gift we will ever receive from this world.
Relationships are not always flowers and rainbows or effortless and easy. Sometimes we don’t even like the people in our lives who love us, but the GIFT of having people in your life who would cry if you died is the ONLY THING ON THIS EARTH that you cannot buy or add to a Christmas list.
May we all never take people for granted or truly believe we don’t have to do our part to make relationships work. In this throw away generation, we think we can just toss out something when it fails to be 100% efficient or something better or flashier is in front of us.
People are not things we get to use up or get tired of like when the new i652 comes out, when our heads get big with success, or the devil gets in our ear with lies. How we choose to affect people matters. How people feel by our actions, words, lack of actions, lack of words and effort – it all matters. May the generosity of someone’s love never be something we assume as a right instead of a privilege.
This season of giving and loving, please make the effort, be vulnerable, love without expectation of perfection, be humble, show kindness without motives, show interest in things that interest the people who love you…be a kind person who is after God’s heart in every facet of your life.
Sincerely,
Every Person Who Loves You
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.” Romans 9-13
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