What If?

What if, every church took all the money they pour into "Christmas Productions", cancelled all their special services, pageants and plays and gathered together instead in order to serve the individuals of their communities? advertising dollars and bought clothes for the homeless or even better; offered them a warm place to sleep?, What if they took their prop money and gave to the poor, saved their printing expenses to buy diapers for the babies of single mothers? What if every church funneled all that they invest in presentations and did their level best to fill every known need in their communities and partnered together with other churches to help meet yet other needs ?
What if ?
What if, every Christian Believer decided to buy only one special gift for each person in their family (including the children)? What if they only bought or better yet, made that one thing that their child or loved one would always remember? What if, like God we only gave our very best? What if the joy of Christmas was measured, not by the amount presents under the tree, but by the thoughtfulness and love behind each gift? What if each gift was so special that only one gift need be given?

What if?

What if, we took the time that would otherwise be spent on shopping for for our loved ones and invested it instead in being with our loved ones? What lasting memories could be created in place of the forgotten moments of excess that fill Christmas morning? What if, rather than spending hours and hours in rehearsal at church for music and plays, we chose instead to share life with one another? What if we invited our neighbors and community members into our homes for dinner? Would there be a greater?

What if?

What if, the focus of Christmas day itself was centered in believers coming together to worship, families coming together to visit, communities coming together to remember the goodness of God through the single gift of love for us through His only Son? What if we served the afternoon serving food to the hungry?

What if?

What if, at every Christmas table, each Christian family shared their meal with someone who would otherwise eat alone on that day?

What if?

I think the world might stop and notice; I think that they might find the answer to the gnawing hunger that haunts them, a hunger that will never be filled by more things or good times. The world has heard our sermons, they’ve seen our plays, but few have every had the opportunity to see that our lives are any different than theirs. What if we reconsidered how we celebrate Christ? I think those who are yet to know Him and we who do, might better understand the love of God.