Just thinking out loud....
I was watching that Christmas Devotional given last night by the prophet and his counselors. The story that Brother Ukdorf (Okay, I know I just slaughtered his name but I have NO idea how that one is spelled) told about a single Mom who had I think 3 kids, and NO MONEY for Christmas, and how she planned on not having a Christmas. He helped them out. The poor little girls just wanted a doll, and the boy just asked for a bowl of oatmeal. It broke my heart. That talk really touched me for some reason (I get real sensitive about poor people, and especially kids). Ever since hearing that, I have had the urge to do something like that. We don't have a ton of money, but we do have some. We have enough to have a nice amount of gifts under our nicely decorated Christmas tree. Some people don't even have a Christmas tree. If Christmas is about giving, why don't we all give ? It seems like we all get too caught up in the hustle and bustle of finding ALL the perfect gifts for our loved ones, which is a great thing to do, BUT I think we need to focus more on those who have nothing. And I don't know, maybe those of you who are reading this right now do give a lot. Maybe this is just for me. I have felt particularly selfish lately. I am always worrying about what I want, and what I think I need, feeling bad for myself because it's never enough. My little family is so lucky. We always have what we need, and we don't go without. Jaxon has so many toys. Some kids have none. I really REALLY want to find a family this year, and help them. I want to make their Christmas a good one because they deserve it much more than I do. I wish I had a lot of money to help all the families that need it. Christmas time is just a time of year that everyone needs to feel happy. I think I am going to talk to my bishop and see if there is anyone he knows of that we can help.... Yes, that's what I am going to do.
4 comments:
I know that most wards have a giving tree. Its a tree where they have things you can take it will have a name(Fake name) and age of the person you picked and it will tell you what to get them. We have done it every year and have loved it. This year we are doing something diff. Dustin and I gave up most of our gifts for ourselfs and going to use the money for a single mother we know that lost her job a couple of months ago and doesnt really plan on having a Christmas either. It really breaks my heart.
I think that is my favorite part about christmas, finding someone who needs help and giving them christmas or at least a few things. It's such a great feeling! We have always done 12 days of christmas to a family every year. I think this year we will just drop some presents by on christmas eve. You should talk to you bishop he will know what to do-
My secret to only gaining 15 pounds is that I was throwing up for 6 months. and I didn't really eat a whole lot because I felt so sick. I only lost 2 pounds at first, but it just made it so I didn't gain any weight until i was 5 months preg. when they put me on Zofran because I was so dehydrated. But now that the sick part is over, I am glad that I was sick and I didn't gain 60 pounds like I did with Kelt.
You are so cute. This is a really good message. We don't have a lot, but we still have more than some people. Thanks for the good blog.
Alicia you are so awesome!
Blessings coming from giving are so much more than getting material things.You are a great example!.
Thanks for sharing.
Isabelle
(wife of Russ, your cousin)
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