Living Christmas Every Day

Helen Steiner Rice "Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day."

Helen Steiner Rice, an American poet, wrote the following statement, "Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day." She was implying that when Americans adopt that Christmas spirit all year round, then there will be peace on earth.  Here's the question?  What is the Christmas spirit?  It's the spirit of giving.  It's the spirit of being joyful.  Possessing the spirit of Christmas means you possess a spirit of giving all year round.  Does that necessarily mean that you give Christmas presents year round?  No.  There's more to the spirit of giving than just giving gifts during the holiday season or any other special occasion.  There's more to giving than giving something of a material substance.  The spirit of giving also involves giving of yourself to people and to society.  Volunteering your time to help society is an example of the spirit of giving.  To tell you the truth the greatest gift we can give is ourselves.  God desires us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice in Romans 12:1-2.  One of the greatest means of giving is to give ourselves.  If we do that, it will affect all the other areas of our lives.

We can make the same argument with Thanksgiving.  Thanksgiving should be a year round praise to God. Not just the fourth Thursday of every November.  Likewise, we shouldn't possess the spirit of Christmas during Christmas season and Christmas Day and for the rest of the year behave like Ebeneezer Scrooge.  Rice is correct, if America or our world would live Christmas every day in our lives in society, the world would be a much more peaceful place.  We wouldn't have all the crimes, the strife, the contention, the murders, and all other sins if we would be thoughtful towards others year round.  Consequently, due to mankind being tainted by sin, we will always face a very cruel and evil world.  However, you can purpose in your heart to possess a spirit of Christmas every day in our life.  Look to Jesus.  He's the gift that keeps on giving.  Jesus is what Christmas is about.  Without Christ, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas.