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the true gift is to look past the flaws of the gift and seeing it's potentual

Really sometimes I believe that we get gifts in the form of people. These are very special gifts, and their one's to be cherished not exploited. Sometimes we don't see the gift that a person truly is; theres only one thing to say then, shame on us! Yes, it is true some people are very mean spirited; on the other hand, some people are very kind, and loving. Discerning, this quilty is it's up to us, the person receiving gift, to open it, to appreciate it, and most of all to take care of it, for they are truly a treasure. My grandfather once said, " if you have one real friend in your life you are truly a rich person." I must be a millionaire; I don't mean to boast; what I realy mean to say is I have three wonderful people in my life, and I love them dearly. I would even take it to the extreme to say," I would die for them!" I try, very hard to let them know how much I love them,need them,and feel about them! I can only hope they know my true feeling for them?? I know for a friendship to work, one has to understand that it is a two way street. ie. It's give, and take; that's the way I found it works a true relationship . The reason I'm writing this is because, I never really trusted people fully. I guess you could say, I had trust issues; I was kind of antisocial; shame on me! I probably had more friends then I realized, I just let them slip away; shame.. on... me! So hopefully, someone when they read this, may view their friend a little differently. Or, maybe not that's all up to them. This part of my blog is really something about me, about my discovery. I know we can all learn from each other. Each day has its own challenges however, we don't have to face those alone if, we have special people in our life that truly care for us. the choice is up to us; not to someone eles. Good or bad we have to live with our choices, thats life. I would like to put a note of caution in here; please understand some people for some unknown reason may not like you very much. Bee careful when you open yourself up they could hurt very badly. When you meet a person like this my advice is, just move on! Life is to short, and too precious to be caught up with a person that does not care for you, much if at all! That is what my life experances have tought me...yours could vary. This is strictly my opinion....I'm no expert on this stuff. All righty then...hope you all have a great holyday, and get everything you want/need!! Peace Out >^.^<

What is often forgotten is the christian value which Christ taught us, LOVE . How often a simple act of love would lift the spirit of a homeless person or comfort to a battered women or a person just trying to figure out who they are. Wow what a gift.

To start with I would like to share a few thoughts about being a true Christian. There are many heresies out there but scripture says it must need be that there be heresies among you that those who are commended are made manifest. (loosely translated) When it comes to Christianity it swings from one end of the balance to the other. Some think if you have trouble in your life or you don't fit their little self made mold of what a Christian should be you are lost. I know this from experience. I have lost many friends and ex fellowship mates because they think I am lost. Many times over foolishness. Think about what it was like for Mary and Joseph. To start with an angel told Mary she would bear a son and name him Jesus. That is fine but she wasn't married. To those who judged according to the seeing of the eye she appeared a harlot. An unwed mother. This also was the equivalent of getting the death penalty. In their culture Joseph could have put her away or had her stoned. Yet she was quick to say let the will of the Lord be done. Joseph probably looked like a fool in the eyes of the town people. The poor sucker that got trapped by a harlot and suckered into raising someone else's kid. It's true he raised someone else's kid but that someone else was the highest power on earth and in heaven! Next they had to travel to Bethlehem to pay taxes. Since they lived in Nazareth the Lord allowed a greedy ruler to arise that wanted everyone to be taxed in the city of their heritage. Christ was prophesied to be born in Bethlehem. This appears bad and meant a lot of traveling pain but the point is that the Lord will use whatever means he needs to get people where they need to be. In this case a greedy king. Imagine the anguish Mary went through being near delivery time and riding a donkey some hundred miles or so. Any woman that has given birth knows the last thing a woman in such shape would ever want is to ride a donkey. Much worse when you stop to consider that she probably had to get off the donkey in the hot desert and use the bathroom many times. Today if people have to sit in church longer than an hour or don't have padded theater seats they cry. If they have to wear decent clothing they cry. If they don't hear a sermon that tickles their little ears they cry. Imagine all this then having no body give you a room. Talk about heartless. Today some do the same without seeing it. "I won't let that kook that believes in the baptism of the Holy Ghost and speaking in tongues preach in my church." Or. "We don't want THEIR KIND in our church." Here you have this Christ child in you (in your heart by faith spiritually speaking) but you don't fit their mold of what a Christian should be. Imagine then that after being abandoned by all her fellow Jews (us being abandoned by friends and other so-called Christians) giving birth in a manger. Or: All has gone wrong all along and now you're just doing what is right and it isn't bad enough that every body abandons you but to top it off now you're in pain. An illness takes you or an affliction (maybe bills and the worry about them) gets a hold of you and you have no where to turn. Many today would say surely Joseph and Mary were out of the will of God. Finally Mary gave birth in a foul smelly dung and urine filled place. Today hospitals make people take all sorts of precautions. People would say surely he wouldn't have the Son of God born there! Or as with us: If they're truly Christians God wouldn't allow their whole life to stink and be so foul and disease ridden! So much for man's methods. The Lord was born among feces and urine and who knows what else and grew up healthy just as my grandparents did before hospital births. Today if these things are happening and you are doing your best to love the Lord with all your heart and walk in accordance with his word take comfort in knowing that the same thing happened to Job and Joseph and Mary. Sometimes those who appear the farthest from being in the will of God are the ones walking the closest to him. As written, Judge not by appearance but judge the righteous judgment.