By Gilbert M. Forbes
Everybody is thinking of the perfect gift for this Christmas. It could be a gift for God-children, nephews, love ones, siblings, parents, friends and other relatives including self.
But this Holiday Season, more than anything else we seem to forget that other than the ordinary, there is the extraordinary which needs our gift the most. It’s we, God and our country needing a different kind of gift. Particularly now that Christmas season have become highly commercialized and materialized-- totally separating from its real meanings which emanated from its very humble but holy and glorious beginning which actually jumpstarted men's salvation from weakedness and sins
It is the gift of wisdom. Too few have this gift for if the majority has, then we don’t have this kind of society—insensitive, corrupt, and morally bankrupt Christ our Lord and country need a different kind of gift too. Christ our Lord needs the gift of genuine following not lip-service and seasonal worship. For after all those who is following Him truly as what the scriptures say are the only persons who could be worthy called Christians. The rest could be considered pagans or secular individuals.
Our country needs true following and a love second to God. Many times we focus and stick too much to the family that we forget ourselves, country and God. Many times, the families as the center proves to be very much detrimental for it becomes the root cause of dependence, corruption, of high tend individualism and insensitivity towards national patrimony, genuine social progress and development.
This time of season, more than the ordinary, why not try to give ourselves as gift to our Gods and country and it will multiply a thousand fold for as the scriptures say “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.”
We dream of making the Philippines worthy of being labeled as the only Christian nation in the far east. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Everybody is thinking of the perfect gift for this Christmas. It could be a gift for God-children, nephews, love ones, siblings, parents, friends and other relatives including self.
But this Holiday Season, more than anything else we seem to forget that other than the ordinary, there is the extraordinary which needs our gift the most. It’s we, God and our country needing a different kind of gift. Particularly now that Christmas season have become highly commercialized and materialized-- totally separating from its real meanings which emanated from its very humble but holy and glorious beginning which actually jumpstarted men's salvation from weakedness and sins
It is the gift of wisdom. Too few have this gift for if the majority has, then we don’t have this kind of society—insensitive, corrupt, and morally bankrupt Christ our Lord and country need a different kind of gift too. Christ our Lord needs the gift of genuine following not lip-service and seasonal worship. For after all those who is following Him truly as what the scriptures say are the only persons who could be worthy called Christians. The rest could be considered pagans or secular individuals.
Our country needs true following and a love second to God. Many times we focus and stick too much to the family that we forget ourselves, country and God. Many times, the families as the center proves to be very much detrimental for it becomes the root cause of dependence, corruption, of high tend individualism and insensitivity towards national patrimony, genuine social progress and development.
This time of season, more than the ordinary, why not try to give ourselves as gift to our Gods and country and it will multiply a thousand fold for as the scriptures say “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.”
We dream of making the Philippines worthy of being labeled as the only Christian nation in the far east. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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