Who is Santa Claus Anyway?

I had this kid, Shawn, say to me the other day, “Santa is coming tomorrow.” Then another boy, Edward, said,”Ahhhh, I don't believe in that stuff.” So I said to Edward, “What do you believe in?” And Edward said, “I believe in that the little baby Jesus was born.” “You are a very smart kid Edward”, as I uplifted him for his belief. But then I said to them both, “Santa Claus was a real person and his name is really Saint Nicholas.” Then Edward said, “yeah but, you know rain deers can't fly.” “I know what you mean Edward,” I responded. I let it alone after that but later it got me thinking some more. These kids are most likely in 3rd or 4th grade and both really good kids.



I personally believe that Santa Claus is taking too much attention away from the real reason for celebrating Christmas. We know that Jesus is the “Reason for the Season”. And yes the fruit of the Holy Spirit should be present during Christmas and all year. (Peace, Joy, Love).

The facts are we have blown Santa Claus way out of proportion to what Santa Claus really wanted. Santa Claus didn't do what Santa Claus did to get any fame or notoriety. Santa Claus was a real person who loved our Lord and Savior with all his heart and all his mind. Let's make Jesus Christ first and keep Christ in Christmas. I think Santa Claus would have prefered it that way.

Here is an interesting youtube post:




Now don't get me wrong here. I'm not trying to be a party poop per and ruin it for those kids that believe Santa came down their chimney last night. I mean, I grew up with that and loved it when I was a kid. I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade here. What I am trying to say is let's not loose the real meaning of Christmas. That's it.

I got this flyer on my car the other day while stopping in at K-mart, I noticed there was a lady putting them on all the cars with such efficiency, that when I stopped in at Wal-Mart I got another one too. I mean she must of went through 1,000 cars, easy. I looked at the flyer and it was barking loud at anyone who celebrated Christmas. I mean, First is was a roman pagan holiday, 2nd the Christmas tree is a pagan symbol and should not be used. 3rd Christ wasn't born on Dec. 25th. 4Th , I forget what 4th was and even 5th and 6th.

Now there might be some degree of truth there, but I say. “So What” Let people celebrate Christmas, who cares what date, who cares if they have a Christmas tree or not. Who cares if their kids are looking for gifts under the tree from Santa. All that stuff isn't important anyway. The main reason for the season is the Jesus Christ came form Heaven to save us from our sins and bring us into a closer relationship with the Father. We can argue the detail later. Let's enjoy the season and keep that message flowing to every corner of the earth. Let's not use this season to argue, judge, and pick on one another. It is not what Saint Nicholas wanted and certainly not what God wants.

My Friend Frank always says,” God wants you to do two things to be in his will, Give, and Forgive. Now go spread the Gospel to all nations and stop fighting about it. Show the fruits of the Holy Spirit within

Merry Christmas

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Thanksgiving After Thoughts

You know one of the reasons I write this blog is to encourage others to have good relationships. When I first started working in business, I didn’t realize how important these skills are. I was always the type of person to get along with everyone, but I never really showed my emotions. I wasn’t expressive. I didn’t realize that people needed to see my heart not just hear my words.

When I dove into the network marketing business, I realized I had to pick up these people skills to a higher level. Not only to a higher level but also to a higher calling with my Lord and Savoir. At first it was all business, and then it became about the people, and through the struggles I realized that I couldn’t do it all by myself. I needed the biggest hitter working on my side. “All things are possible through Christ.” Now this was a process that took some time. Interestingly enough, other people on my team were going through the same process and the relationships grew stronger.

Well that leads me to Thanksgiving. I didn’t set this up, but I was thankful to have a part in it. My buddies Frank and Sharon, Frank and I met years ago in the martial arts and we are in business together, and we got with Shawn and Karla, Chris, Keith, and some others, to do a Thanksgiving Meal for homeless mothers and their kids. Now what made it easy was that Frank runs a pizzeria and had all the tools needed to cook the meal. It was like a catering job. Let me tell you something, That turkey was among the best I had ever tasted. It was like butter slowly melting in your mouth. It was good!

Anyway, we all got together early Thursday morning before doing our own family time. And served the meal to these mothers. It was a good feeling for us all. When we got there we all shared with the mothers and ourselves why we were grateful. We said prayers. Frank read a devotional book from John Maxwell that was right on. We were done by 12:30 PM and headed back to our perspective homes.

I think we all got the message that life is more than about ourselves, and that we can get together, by no coincidence I might add, and do great things for each other and other people. And God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit gets the full credit, because with the inspiration from God we wouldn’t even have known what to do. God gets all the credit.

Which brings me to my next thought, about how far America is deviating from what make her great. I heard fellow once say, Tim Marks, on a recording, “We have the most educated society in the history of mankind, and yet we are further from the truth than ever before.” How true this is!

Just look at what happened at Wal-Mart the next day. A crowd of greedy people stampeding the doors for a black Friday bargain kills a man at a part time job. Not one person in that crowd had enough common sense to stop and realize this isn’t all that important anyway. For the life of me, I really can’t understand why anyone would wait in a line from 10 PM the night before. You must not place much value on your time to do that. Forget about the flu shot, our society needs a shot of righteousness to straiten our buts out. Bring morals and values back to America. Sure, there are a lot of people shaking their heads right now in agreement, but the proof is in the pudding. (Chef lingo)

Well getting back to Turkey Day, later that same day I saw the 700 Club do a piece on the history of Thanksgiving and I said that has to go in my blog. Yes, even if it takes until Dec 4 to write about it. This piece is so inspiring to see how our forefathers thought and why we are blessed so much by our God. I mean get real, how do you think a little nation made up of 13 colonies barely held together by a string, with not enough healthy soldiers, or enough supplies and weaponry, could have beaten the most powerful nation on earth at that time. Maybe it was Luck? Nope, I don’t think so, it was shear determination to be in the will of God. You will see that when you see this video. It is in George Washington’s own words, as he dedicates a national day of Thanksgiving.

I hope you enjoy, and remember being thankful is part of developing an attractive personality. God Bless.