My Father in heaven,
I prayed to you for help. We are in such a financial pickle right now and the ability to give store bought gifts eludes us, once again. The past four Christmas's we have had a financial crunch. In the vast scheme of things, it doesn't really matter because Christmas is not about the gifts that we buy for each other. A "good" Christmas is supposed to mean how much peace and love you have in your heart, not about what you gave or got. But You, my Lord, sent gifts flowing to us this year. The gifts that came were store bought, but the real gift was seeing the Godness in others and knowing that our prayers would be answered! My children who are 13 and 14, got the opportunity to see how really blessed we are that there are people who care for us so much that they would extend themselves in this way to us!
Recieving is something that I must pray to You for. Recieving is sometimes not an easy thing to do for many people. Some do not feel that they deserve to "recieve" and some feel threatened by it. Dear Lord in heaven, I pray that my family as well as myself can feel the joy of recieving and find peace in it! I pray that recieving renews our hope in our fellow man and that a knowing is abtained that leaves us with a faith filled heart. Broken is the man who can not recieve for if they can not recieve store bought gifts, what else are they missing out on? Your gifts that cover every inch of this earth are sometimes taken for granted and not realized that it is You who gave us these gifts. Please, dear God, help me to keep my eyes open to all that You give and all that comes from you! Help me to teach my children how to appreciate your gifts to us whether they come from others through you or given directly from you.
Amen
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