31 Days of Christmas – Day #17

Happy Birthday Presents

This year we have invested nearly 2 billion dollars in Christmas savings. We will spend 450 million on trees and decorations. 340 million on turkeys. And another 15.5 million for plum pudding.
Our Treasury Department will put more than a billion dollars in circulation just for the demands of Christmas. But do you ever get the feeling that we’re missing the point of the celebration? Then think about this:

I have many friends. When they arranged to have a celebration in honor of My birthday, I was pleased. Moreover, it was intimated to Me, that preparations were being made for gifts to be given. And this made Me happy, because I’ve shared My life with many people in great need, and in My present circumstances, I depend on what My friends are doing.
You may be sure that I looked forward to that day, and when it finally came, a vast number had remembered it. My name was on every tongue. Gifts came in such profusion that I was overwhelmed. But when I looked at the names of those to whom the gifts were given, I was amazed. Not one gift was for Me. My friends were giving gifts back and forth to one another in hectic complexity. I walked around enjoying the occasion as best I could, watching the happiness of others. But what a lonesomeness I felt.
I am the Christ Whose birthday people celebrate by giving gifts to each other, but not to Me.
But please understand: The gift I want most is the gift of themselves.