You should of seen the look on their faces…one nephew, one neice…opening up their gift from Georgette and I. How cool we thought it would be to give them a poster size print and frame of one of their favorite pictures! (OF THEMSELVES)
WRONG, you should have seen their faces as they pulled the wrapping paper off with the quickness of a hungry cheetah. They were stunned, fixated, speechless as to this truly remarkable gift. Suddenly their faces resembled that of someone who just brushed up against a person with leprosy or a shirtless, sweaty, big-hairy man. I thought about throwing some batteries at the poster, or hanging an electrical cord from one corner to make it appear modern and hip. I began to cry out to the both of them that it was printed in LOVE… but it didn’t matter. They both had gone the way of the darkside… you know, needing it to buzz, vibrate, sound, crash, or at least take over the TV while making everyone else in the room watch them capture something.
Sometimes, and I mean sometimes, children can have that, “OK, now what” attitude when it comes to Christmas. After the unwrapping, the few hours of play, then the big let down. It’s over! All that had been anticipated is lost now with a pile of stuff, a lunch that is way different from Thanksgiving, and a heaviness of eyes from getting up so early.
In conclusion, I just wonder if this is confined to just children…could this be the attitude of some Christians who misplaced Christ this Christmas. I hope not for you who are reading this…Now I know one day a friend of my nephew or niece will go into their rooms and shout with the loudness of a jet aircraft about how cool that poster is on their wall…!! Have a good New Year’s day… see you in church next Sunday.
