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Christmas is approaching........

Today we put up the church Christmas decorations which was so comical, we had such a giggle and really enjoyed ourselves. It wasn't until I got home that it sank in - it is almost Christmas. Can you believe that we are already in December? Chris and I led our last youth cell till 2008 this evening and it was hilarious with the kids. They are just the greatest bunch of young people anyway, but playing games such as twister with them was just side splitting! Talking to them about Christmas and this time of year was just so thought provoking, they say what the usual teenagers say (actually what the majority of people say!) how they're looking forward to the food, presents and dressing up, on the other hand just simple comments like 'I am looking forward to the carol service', 'I am looking forward to spending time with my family' and 'I am looking forward to spending time away from the commercial Christmas' (how huge is that for a 13 year old to say!!!) Comments like that tonight were just really inspiring. It made me really think about how in all the hustle and bustle of this busy time we can all lose the sense of the real meaning of Christmas. It made me realise that in between wrapping the presents and preparing the Christmas dinner we need to remember the enormity of Jesus Christ our saviour being born so that we may have eternal life.

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Wings of Eagles said…
Hi Em. Am loving reading your blog. Well Done! Sounds like you had some Christmas fun with the youth. I was on Powerhouse on Sunday and a suggestion I put to the kids (I hadn't planned to - it just kind of shot out of my mouth after bypassing my brain!) was that we could all wrap up an extra present this Christmas - it could even just be an empty box - and label it up for Jesus - as a constant reminder over Christmastime that it's all about Him.
Bless you Em.
Paula xx
4 December 2007 at 10:58
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