The Spirit of Giving

"It is better to give than to receive" Heard that quote before?

Well if you haven, here's one for you but it is not just about the giving and receiving of presents every Christmas every year as we see it sometimes. I for one always have the eagerness of knowing what presents i shall receive every Christmas and sometimes expecting too much of a thing when i forget about the true spirit of Christmas.

Christmas started as the day of our dear saviors birth, the one greatest gift in all our life, Jesus Christ His son, and also the spirit of giving came by when the three wise man came about with myrrh, frankincense and gold for the little babe, that is where we learn from the culture of giving gifts but somehow the real meaning of Christmas can be forgotten.

We tend to forget it is not only a day of giving presents and celebration but a time to remember the one dear savior who gave it all for our salvation and also a time where we remember the love ones beside us all, the sacrifices and precious moments they share with us, the gifts come in as a expression and gesture of love and thanksgiving but one thing that matters the most is the heart.

"A gift is only worth much as the giver itself" We tend to take the giving of presents as a duty and sometimes become a burden in the end and we end up recycling presents, that is just plain wrong unless the presents really comes down from your heart to give to the person and the receiver of the gifts know when you have put in your heart to get them a gift or not, so for once in your life, sacrifice a little of your income to buy nice gifts for your friends and family, this blogger here for one always spends more than rm100 and sometimes close to rm200 to buy gifts for his family and friends and he isn't even working yet, he takes the effort and much help from Gods providence to save up money for the Christmas season.

So in this festive and joyous season, let us take time to thank God for sending His one and only Son for our salvation, the love ones beside us and the life he has given us all each and every day but also lets take time to cultivate the spirit of giving, not just an effort of fulfilling the present quota but giving yourself, your heart and your love for all who have been good to you.

You'll soon realize that giving is not that hard and you learn to appreciate the little things in life but most of all appreciate the true Christmas that begins in your heart

Merry Christmas everybody and a Happy New Year! Lets be in the spirit of giving and thanksgiving!