tis the season..
when was it that you realized that santa wasn't real? oh, you still haven't? me either, carry on...
remember when you were convinced of how real he was? i specifically recall one instance in the third grade (funny how i can remember this and not remember what i ate yesterday) in which my belief system was tested. one of my classmates, a very cool, well-dressed, had the newest nike jordan's kinda kid was telling a group of us that santa wasn't real. "oh he's real" i said. "i saw him last year." my classmates were intrigued by my response to this santa-isn't-real accusation from the cool kid. "yeah, i saw him delivering my presents, and he ate some cookies and left" i said. "what did he look like?" someone asked. "just like his helpers at the mall, he had his suit on and a big white beard, but i didn't get a good look at his face, i didn't want him to know i was watching, i didn't want to get in trouble."
this may seem hard to believe, but this story that i told in 3rd grade was a complete fabrication. that doesn't mean i didn't completely believe the story i was telling, i convinced myself to believe that it was true, because i wanted to believe in santa so badly. eventually i came to the hard truth, it was a hard time, but it has been a year now and i am in full recovery.
my question is: who is santa clause to you? the mythical santa clause is a man who gives you what you ask for as long as you're good. sound familiar to any other stories that you might have been told? because it seems to me that a lot of people look at someone else in the exact same manner. i used to think this way. to me, god was someone i went to when i needed something. if my prayer was answered, i must have been having a good week, didn't sin too much. if i didn't get what i asked, oops, must have slipped up a few too many times. it was a pretty consistant prayer: "give me this, give me that, i want this, i want that. p.s- if it's your will." didn't really know what that last part meant, so i didn't really mean it. how many times have you seen a kid sit on santa's lap and say: thanks for all the things you've given me over the years, i know you didn't have to do that, and i bet it's a hassle going up and down so many chimneys, so thanks for doing that too.
hard to believe, but god isn't santa. maybe you don't, but a lot of people look at god this way. maybe not exactly like santa, but as a figure who they can ask for things they need, and be a good person, then get to heaven. but god isn't santa. god doesn't come around once a year to give us what we need, and retreat to the north pole for the rest of the year. god doesn't want to be the guy who gives us what we need and leaves. and i'm not saying it's bad to ask god for things, i ask him for a lot of things, a lot of the time. but he wants us to be in a relationship with him, be faithful to him, and know that he will provide for our needs. he does it all the time without us even asking for it!
tis the season. remember what an amazing god we serve. he gave us his son, who lived and died on this earth so we have a chance to live with our god in heaven.
happy holidays
NCR
remember when you were convinced of how real he was? i specifically recall one instance in the third grade (funny how i can remember this and not remember what i ate yesterday) in which my belief system was tested. one of my classmates, a very cool, well-dressed, had the newest nike jordan's kinda kid was telling a group of us that santa wasn't real. "oh he's real" i said. "i saw him last year." my classmates were intrigued by my response to this santa-isn't-real accusation from the cool kid. "yeah, i saw him delivering my presents, and he ate some cookies and left" i said. "what did he look like?" someone asked. "just like his helpers at the mall, he had his suit on and a big white beard, but i didn't get a good look at his face, i didn't want him to know i was watching, i didn't want to get in trouble."
this may seem hard to believe, but this story that i told in 3rd grade was a complete fabrication. that doesn't mean i didn't completely believe the story i was telling, i convinced myself to believe that it was true, because i wanted to believe in santa so badly. eventually i came to the hard truth, it was a hard time, but it has been a year now and i am in full recovery.
my question is: who is santa clause to you? the mythical santa clause is a man who gives you what you ask for as long as you're good. sound familiar to any other stories that you might have been told? because it seems to me that a lot of people look at someone else in the exact same manner. i used to think this way. to me, god was someone i went to when i needed something. if my prayer was answered, i must have been having a good week, didn't sin too much. if i didn't get what i asked, oops, must have slipped up a few too many times. it was a pretty consistant prayer: "give me this, give me that, i want this, i want that. p.s- if it's your will." didn't really know what that last part meant, so i didn't really mean it. how many times have you seen a kid sit on santa's lap and say: thanks for all the things you've given me over the years, i know you didn't have to do that, and i bet it's a hassle going up and down so many chimneys, so thanks for doing that too.
hard to believe, but god isn't santa. maybe you don't, but a lot of people look at god this way. maybe not exactly like santa, but as a figure who they can ask for things they need, and be a good person, then get to heaven. but god isn't santa. god doesn't come around once a year to give us what we need, and retreat to the north pole for the rest of the year. god doesn't want to be the guy who gives us what we need and leaves. and i'm not saying it's bad to ask god for things, i ask him for a lot of things, a lot of the time. but he wants us to be in a relationship with him, be faithful to him, and know that he will provide for our needs. he does it all the time without us even asking for it!
tis the season. remember what an amazing god we serve. he gave us his son, who lived and died on this earth so we have a chance to live with our god in heaven.
happy holidays
NCR
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