When the holiday season begins, we get in the “giving” mode. This year we started with Thanksgiving. My local church in Miami gave away over 5,000 turkey baskets with all the trimmings to the needy in our area.
The Saturday before Thanksgiving our CRU (Campus Ministry of Campus Crusade) students at the University of Miami held an outreach to the homeless in a blighted area near the campus.
Several of the students got some donated turkeys and one student, Aidin, spent all day cooking them in four ovens on two floors of her dormitory. Others contributed potatoes, veggies, desserts and other goodies. The mother of one student even flew down from Charlotte to help!
Then we car-pooled over to a busy street corner and set up our portable feast. Soon we had a crowd and served over 100 people. The students handed out “the Four Spiritual Laws” booklets along with an encouraging Thanksgiving note. We chatted with the people as they ate and tried to share God’s love and good news with them.
Next comes Christmas. I love to shop for gifts and find that special something for each person on my list. Actually, I shop year-round, especially during my travels, so Christmas is never far from my thoughts.
But of course, the greatest gift for all of us is Jesus Christ – and the best gift we can give to others is telling them this good news:
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
Feliz Navidad!
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