Signs of GO and STOP in life

Today (18^Th Day of February) I am celebrating my third birthday after my teens. Indeed as I remember of the past days, I honestly say “THE LORD HAS BEEN WITH ME. HE IS EBENEZER” Thank God that life has not been smooth all through. There have been many battles that I faced. There have been days I wished I would skip. There have been others I wished that all my days were like them. These were lovely days. They were calm. I had fun in them. In sum total, I had happiness through those days.

This photo in here remind me my days. I remind me that I was once young. I was Helpless to be sincere for some early part of my life. But now at least I can take care of myself. I have grown.

But as I think of this day and all the days that have past, I wonder what made the whole difference of keeping me going on each day. As I move on what dictates what I will do today and not tomorrow.

Honestly speaking, there have been all signs in life that indicated it was time to go and at times there were others to stop. There were all signs that I needed to do some things and not others. Other times there were simply signs that I was wrong and I needed to change direction in life. When we are moving in the course of life, there will always be seasons to do this and that. There as seasons to prepare the fields. Seasons to plant, weed, harvest and store in the barns. There are seasons for laboring and others for resting. Seasons to cry and weep and seasons to be happy

And before these seasons come, there will always be signs that something is about to happen. Something is about to be brought forth in the coming season. And before a season is over, too there are signs that it has come to its climax. A season comes to an end when something is brought forth; when something is delivered. For a breeding season among the wild animals especially those that migrate, it comes to the end when new owns are born and hatched. Whether patterns never lie, human beings have for long observed the behavior of certain animals and plants and forecast what will happen in the coming days. And so if they had migrated to a breeding habitat, they take a journey back to their original home where they live. May be the onset, of heavy rains is the indication that the breeding season has begun. Nests are made ready among the birds to receive eggs that hatch. Females become ready to nurse the new kids.

In human, it’s no different. We too need to be prepared when we see certain things happen to us and/or round us. They are indeed a sigh that we need to be prepared for something in that season. We need to get our horses ready for the takeoff in the new season. Or perhaps they are a warning that something somewhere needs to be relooked. Maybe there will be times we will be warned against going in that direction or maybe we will be literally told, “Heeey, you are wrong. Please think otherwise.” We are not always right. Other times we are not always wrong. And we are not always wrong. We are sometimes right. That should give us a reason to have faith in what we are doing.

All these times happen in the life of a person. Not because we live segmented life, but it’s a whole cycle that we go through. For each of these seasons, we learn a new thing. And it does not matters what we are learning and when, what matters is, if the lesson will get into our nerve and stick. And we should not think that perhaps we are better learning something better than others. Even if they are learning what we learnt many days ago, that is not a reason to look down on them. What they learning now is significant to them at their season. It’s what they badly need at that particular sign. As they learn, let’s not forget that

To me, these signs are all around us. Take for example people. They will not what we are doing and make general and specific comments about us and what we are doing and what we need to be doing and what time. Be careful to listen to them. They may not necessarily be right, but they are to some extent right on what could be right for us. They comment on your ability, strength, weakness and new opportunities for us. Give an ear to their talk. Ask for their opinion but let it not shape your action.

Also the birthday parties for each one of us. It’s a tap on the back that we need to do something different each year. It’s a reminder that it’s time to do this and not that. It’s a time to marry, retire or stop certain habits associated with a certain age group. To me, today is reminder that time is moving. Whatever goal that I have in life needs to be achieved before I succumb to the powers of death. I need to work while I am a live because in the grave there will be no work to be done. Every day is near to the grave and farer from the birthday day. I need to live wisely and redeem time. As things change each day do I need to. I need to make some impact before the next birthday

The end or start of academic programs too is another sign. It’s a significant symbolizing something has changed. The end of school calendar is a sign that we need to proceed to something else. To advance now or later but also it may signify that you have not done as expected and may need further time to do it. It’s an indication that you need to start working, either in formal employment or in self-employment. You need to start finding something worthy while with your hands for a reward of wages and salaries.

We could speak of promotions and demotions in jobs and careers too as signs in life for something. Think also of burials we attend for our friends and relatives. They too speak of our destiny in life.

Whether we want it or not, when a season is gone and we choose to remain in there, we become fools. If we become stagnant when there are signs to do something else, then we are fools. When it’s all systems go, get ready and move on. When it’s all systems off, it’s a sign stop and if it’s get ready, be prepared for it.

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Ladies, You are Daughters of Sarah

This is a month of love and so we have to talk love as much as we can. Often, February is considered the month when love is expressed most by adults more than other months. You can guess this is because of the Valentine’s Day which we celebrate every 14^th of February. Some would dispute this and try to compare this with December and say December rivals February. I think the only difference between the two is that it’s in December when we lack genuine love and instead it’s more to me when love is broken and so only breeding takes place. Got the word I used, breeding and not bleeding. It’s however subject to debate. Anyway let’s leave that behind and concentrate on what matters to us today.

I am quite sure that today is when ladies expect to have someone take them out for a dinner, buy them a bunch or roses, chocolate bar, Valentine cards or someone whispers the words “I LOVE YOU.” I am sure that they will be waiting for that someone special to hold their hands and look directly into their eyes and say, “PLEASE BE MY VALENTINE.” Whether you will be that someone special or not for a lady please make sure you send a “small gift” to the ladies if you can afford. They deserve to be appreciated. Write them a text; offer them a special drink or meal and most important do things that matter to them most. They deserve to be loved. They deserved to be treated with compassion, kindness and care. They are our jewels. They are Costlier than the precious gold and diamonds.

To the ladies now, this is my message of goodwill this valentine. If you receive a valentine message or gift or perhaps you did not this is for you. Whether you have that someone special or not, it won’t change the fact that you are a lady and that there is someone somewhere caring about your welfare.

The biblical Sarah who is the first lady of faith is an amazing woman that our girls should look up for their daily inspiration. They are her daughters if they live their lives as she did. If they walk in her footsteps, they qualify to share in her blessings.

Sarah was a lady whose strength was renewed not once but all through her life. When they traveled to EGYPT with her husband Abram, in spite of her age Pharaoh noticed her beauty and took her in as her wife. Imagine at her age, pharaoh’s servants went in praises to him because of her beauty. She was found more beautiful than all other women in Egypt. In fact Abram was frightened that he would be killed and had to lie that she was his sister and not wife. Amazing, is it? The same was repeated when they migrated to the land of king Abimelech. He too took Sarah because of her beauty. She was also advanced in age. Her look deceived them fro she was fairer. She had been renewed. She was attractive.

Sarah gave birth to a son when she was 90 years old. Yes I said the age correct. It’s an unimaginable thing to start with unless something unusual happens. She was way past menopause age. She laughed off the words of the angles that came to bring the news of her having a son at that age. But still she had her strength renewed and she gave birth. Who would think this a possibility? Even her husband doubted this.

And so today I can assure you that your strength can be renewed like that of Sarah for you are her daughters. I can bet that God can work out things for you in the oddest situations. He is able to make you the most fair of all women in your neighborhood even though no one has approached you to ask for your hand in marriage. It does not matter your age. All things are possible in God. There is nothing too hard for God. In your darkness, God can illuminate his light and make a way where in situations you think there is no hope for you. When you think your prime age for marriage is gone, do not think of marrying yourself as has been happening. This is not a solution for you. God has better plan for you. He will bring along a man who will love you. You will not spend your days lonely. Only be strong and wait on God. Make no mistake of thinking it’s over for you. Even in advanced age prince charming will come.

Perhaps age has gone and you always wish you could hold your baby. Your baby from your own womb. The hope may have died. This is not an excuse to think that God is unable to make all things abound to you by grace and treated like the mother of a nation. God can renew you strength and give birth. Only have faith and ask the Lord to help your unbelief. Scientifically, it may have been proved otherwise but this does not mean it’s the final word that God has for you. He is not through with you. He is starting to show his faithfulness to all who do not trust on friends. He is waiting to shame the wisdom of the wise.

And do not miss this point too. You will be treated with honor and no one will want to sin against you. Sarah was treated well by her husband and those other men who wanted her. Her husband whom she referred to as “Her Master/Lord” gave her fine linen, jewels of gold and oil to anoint her body. She became more beautiful. She was liked by people who saw her. She was regarded with honor. My dears’ people will regard you with honor as Sarah was because you are fair. You are of virtue. You deserve it. That may not have happened in the past. It’s a new season to hold on to this new title, “Daughters of Sarah’. Wherever someone want to do something dishonorable to you, remind them you are. Confess it and pray it.

My dear ladies, Have confidence even to ask favors from your husbands and other men in your life. Sarah had that confidence. She asked Abraham to have a son through her maid slave and her request was granted. She did not have fear. I remind you to have courage and strength to ask for anything from your husbands, fiance or boyfriends. Those who have no one special speak out to those you have had crash on. Do not be intimidated. Daughters of Sarah should not. They speak out their mind and heart. They express their thoughts and desires.

And now my friends, as I conclude, may grace abound to you and enjoy your valentine’s day. Remember to share this if it has blessed you. Share it with your girlfriends and help them appreciate this simple fact, that they are the Daughters of Sarah. Men as we spend our lives with the ladies today and in the days to come, refer to the women in your life as Daughters of Sarah. That is rightly their title. And most important to remember to visit this site one more time

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My Entrepreneurial Wife

It seems that these days I am talking out my heart. And even today I will. I have to open up my heart desires for everyone to know my preference. Few months ago I gave reasons Why I will marry a woman who loves to spend more time in solitude. I did not know how much this would elicit varied responses from my friends. I do not regret however that I passed on the message. 

Even today I will give another characteristic that my wife must but not necessarily have. They should be entrepreneurial. I know this may put me in a compromising situation. Leave that alone. Let me lay out and argue my case before you stone me.  Sorry ladies. I still love you and your input to my life. You are still dear to me. You have to bear with me until these series is over. It’s not yet. In fact after this you can be sure that I have lined up five more characteristics which I will disclose with time.

I am ever serious about everything I post in this blog and most times if not all. When I sit down to write it’s out of inspiration. I mean every letter in it. I own the tone and the rhythm of the article.

And so to start off, I must say that, these qualities are motivated towards making our good young women hoping on day to be married to be good wives. It is an attempt to help men and women alike to start thinking how they can put together their little ideas and nurture them to be yield results.

Well, I will marry a girl who has affinity to working, entrepreneurship and business. This is a woman of virtue who does business in her own hands.

An entrepreneurial wife is a hardworking woman. She wakes up early in the morning, prepares breakfast for her family and makes them ready for the day. She does all the household work without complaining. She hires maid servants to work in her fields. She even gives them wages. She builds a home for her family, ensures she helps her children with homework, cleans the home and cooks for her family. She pays attention to all the matters of the family and nothing goes wrong. In her hard work, she ensures that there is something desirable that can be noticed by her husband. She does not waste time having idle talks with lazy women but she is honorable in her labor. She harvest more than the other women

An entrepreneurial wife does not take food without working for it. Enterprising women do not wait to be provided with everything by their husbands. They bring in food to the home for the family. From the fields they work with their own hands and in the evening bring some food for the family. The family eats from her hard work. She is strong in her arms. She works all day. She prepares food for her family from her wages and from the fruits of her garden. She does not remain at home while her husband is away trading. She does not wait to be fed, clothed and sheltered. She is proud to eat from her own sweat.

An entrepreneurial wife works and does business for a profit. They are profit oriented as the work in the garden. As they trade their merchandise in businesses they are prudent to make some profit from sales. Entrepreneurial women work to get income to use for their family. The money they use to bring up their family is from their own trading. They do not only give away things and objects. They sell objects of honor for a profit. They sell gold at a profit. They trade in silver. They make lien robes for a price. They cultivate the garden and sell produce for a profit.

An entrepreneurial wife brings honor and respect for her husband and family. An entrepreneurial wife will bring joy to me as her husband because people will envy her work. People will see how she is a home dresser and does not wait on her husband for food, rent, and school fees for her children. People will regard her husband with esteem for indeed it will be taken that the husband is able to take care his household and offers the right guidance. Enterprising wife speaks well of her husband among her friends. She will not speak evil of him because she has everything for her family. She knows that marriage is where everyone should every of their side but not waiting to be complemented by the other. Every partner should bring out their best. The sum of two should be greater than one. An enterprising husband will know their husband role in offering to her an opportunity for development. In the market places and in their work, husbands of enterprising and responsible wives sit with rulers and are not ashamed of introducing them. They are not ashamed to walk around with their wives

An entrepreneurial wife perseveres in all situations. When starting a business, it takes time to break even. It takes time before a business before the business becomes profitable. In the midst of this, the proprietor needs to hold on till headway has been found. To break into a new market is painful and not much profitable in the beginning. Introducing a new product or service is not also rewarding. New clients may be stubborn. Entrepreneurs have to put up with low incomes until businesses pick up. Entrepreneurial women do this even in their family. They translate this trait from their enterprises to home. They hold on even in the darkest moments when giving up is an option. Such women will walk with you in times of lack, diseases, lack of jobs and losses. They will hold the family when things are bad. They do not abandon their families even when things do not seem to be working. They do not drop by the way side. I believe women do not quit or surrender because of temporal failures. They will still find motivation to pursue to have a good family in the future.

An entrepreneurial wife receives praises from her husband. Enterprising women are respected by their husbands. Their husband’s heap praises to her for their strength. They receive rewards from their husbands. They receive love and everything they ask from their husbands. Nothing good is hidden from. Not even the secrets of her husband. Their husbands are willing to give everything on their honor. Entrepreneurial wives’ husbands speak well of them among his friends. She is told of her husband as the best among all the women he has come across. He receives fine lien for he beautification from her loving husband.

An entrepreneurial wife possesses good communication skills. Entrepreneurs are people who need communicate their ideas and products to clients. They must be confident in how they speak and share information. They must present their financial statements to government agencies, products to new clients, ideas to business funders and instructions to her workmates. If I marry a woman who is an entrepreneurial, I will be sure that this is a person who will be able to express her ideas for the progress of our family. My entrepreneurial wife will not shy away to discuss an issue with me. Between us she will choose the best time when we should discuss how our sons and daughters are progressing. She will choose the most effective channel of communication when she wants to pass a message to me. They will know what tone to us. We will have fewer conflicts since we will have effective ways to communicate and solve issues together. She will bring up our children to be people who can express themselves and effectively warn, correct, teach and rebuke them.

Such is an entrepreneurial woman; her price is much higher than jewels. To me as her husband, I will have full profit for marrying her. Who does not need her as her wife?

To men, I hope you consider this as an important factor too in you pursuing a life partner.

Stepping Out In Faith Is An Invitation To God To Be With You

Every time we step out in faith to pursue what was ordained of us before the creation of the world; to be excellent and fulfill our purposes, we are making an invitation to God to be with us. In essence, we are expressing our desire to be faithful. We are with gratitude tempting God to work things out for us in our life. We are asking that the Lord command everything that we come across to work for our own good so that our dreams and passions come true. We prepare a way for the God’s creation to be made subject to our desires and if our desires are right, they give us the right of the way to pursue these dreams. We are simply saying inaudibly I have known that this life is more than my fears within.

Though there are many doubts and anxieties that I will encounter but in the midst of this all, I know there is someone somewhere who will care. I may not know how long I will walk in this dark tunnel but I know I will come out on the other side. It does not matter more to me if I will I will ‘temporarily fail’; what matters more is that I will come out victoriously at the end. God in his might and power will therefore summon all the things we need to enrich our faith so that we achieve and not shame him. He will not let us be laughed at. He will prepare people on our way to provide comfort to us when in need. He will prepare people to instruct us when we will require to be instructed, he will prepare others to admonish and rebuke us when we act foolishly, others he will prepare to correct us when we will go wrong and others he will place on our way to teach us the paths we should follow to achieve success but still others he will prepare and bring our way so that they can test our hearts and what we will act like when the Lord will give us success. All the people we will came across during our journey of stepping out in faith to pursue excellence have a role. We do not need to complain because we think they will hinder us from attaining what we think and are convinced is what God created us to, but know for sure they have their place. Nor should we be too excited for those we think are what will help us achieve our dreams. They too have their share in your journey. In every endeavor you engage in, the mix of these people are just the right ingredient for your success story.

In stepping out in faith to actualize your dream, God will also summon nature to provide the necessary resources for your success. He will order that ‘soft’ landing for you be prepare in case you fall. You will break when crashed. He will not allow you to be torn d apart in case you are stretched by issues of life. You will not be burnt as you pass through fire. You will not be overwhelmed when you pass through flood. And when the oceans rise, storms threaten you boat in life then the lord will not let it to overturned. He will be there right with you. He will be there to cheer you up. He will steer you through the raging waters through the sea to the main land. As if this is too little, he will be preparing a place for your dwelling during this journey. He will not let the scorching sun to destroy your head. This may not be such literal but I know that the lord will not let what will be beyond your ability to come your way. He will preserve you from dangers. He will keep you safe so that not even nature will cause calamities that you cannot withstand. You will withstand them all. No trying moment will be too hard for you to bear. In them all God, his hand will be upon you. He will cover you. He will make a way everywhere you think there will be no way.

In stepping out in faith to attain financial freedom, I can assure you that the lord will make whatever seems impossible to man be possible. He will empower you with great ideas to make wealth. Him being the owner of gold and silver, he will give enough of it to you when you rightly need it. When all seems lost, then a miracle will happen and your dream will come true. Your future will brighten up. Rays of hope will shine for you in darkness. Doors will start to open. People will acknowledge that your dreams are valid. Your expression of those dreams will simply catch their eyes. Your dreams to them will be worth pursuing. Your course will be worthy pursing and running after. They will be inspired to assist you achieve them. They will be filled with hope. They will consider you’re a great partner in business.

In stepping out in faith we move out to a dark environment and a dense jungle that we think we are unable to come out alive. Too often we see as if we will not ever come out but then it’s such times that our eyes are opened to see our help. It’s just around us. Since our vision is limited we cannot understand that. But if we step out in faith to pursue with faith our dreams, our strength is renewed. Our hope is restored. Doubts fade away. We shine. We become visible to the world. We receive accolades and rewards for our efforts. We become dependent only now on God and not men. All because we choose not to remain lying and pointing fingers.

Nature will groan in pain as it expects you to be crowned with success. Everything it has and possesses will be directed towards your success story.

So now friend, stop wasting time, step out in faith and begin to pursue all your dreams in life. Pursue a happy marriage, pursue financial freedom. Pursue career progression. Go for academic excellence, start that relationship; approach that lady. Stop fearing taking that business idea to the next level. Explore it, it might be the next thing. Talk to that neighbor and you could help them leave that habit. Talk to your workmates about the gospel, it might be what they need to hear so that they are saved. Encourage your siblings, advise them, perhaps they need that for life. Stop wondering if people will accept that new product; create interest in it and they may buy it. Talk to a friend about your struggle and they will help. If you might have failed or seen others fail know this is your time and God is tenderly holding your hand teaching you how to walk this time. It’s your time to be successful this time.

Is Christmas a Time to enrich the Merchants?

Sunday afternoon! It’s Days after Christmas and New Year festive season. The Christmas thoughts cannot get over me.

I am thinking of this and past Christmas seasons. It has lots of things to do. Some are a must do, others have become are a norm. When I jog my mind back when I was a kid I just can’t help it but wonder the significance of some of these tasks in ‘my list of to dos’ in Christmas. You see when I was younger; I would walk along the streets of Nairobi with my dad. Normally, we would be shopping for the day.

A COMMON PHENOMENON: APPEARANCE OF FATHER CHRISTMAS

A common phenomenon then (By the way this still happens today), in and outside of almost all the shopping malls, there was Father Christmas. Usually, Father Christmas would sing the Christmas carols to kids and parents. Sometimes, they were artificial mannequins and would walk dancing in the shopping areas. They would be dressed in red and usually they had gift bags. He would give away gifts to shoppers and children. For kids, normally he handed over sweets to ‘the well behaved’ ones. (I really do not know how they would determine this). Perhaps this was meant to encourage the young ones to be well behaved during Christmas. For their parents on the other hand, shopping vouchers and food stuffs were given to them. This was done especial ally when they did shopping on certain items or spent a designated amount of money. You were to receive a token from Father Christmas when you bought marked gifts. This would encourage people to buy goods and gifts in mass. I enjoyed such moments of walking around doing shopping in Christmas. Everyone received free goodies on the terms and conditions of Father Christmas. I think this still happens perhaps in an almost similar version or an “advanced” version of it. People still do shopping.

IT TAKES TWO TO TANGLE: TWO GREEDY ONES

But what was the idea behind Father Christmas and his gifts? Was it not spend and spend for the greedy shoppers? It takes two to tangle. Two greedy people, one is wise and the other foolish. The merchants were the wise greedy ones who wanted to enrich themselves. How would they do this? Use the Father Christmas to attract the foolish greedy ones, to shopping areas by luring them with “free goodies”- in the first place free items did not exist. They made goods look cheaper by giving false discounts on essential items that are fast moving during the festive season. Then hand over free gifts to people randomly. With this point make people get to the shopping areas. Next make them spend even to their last penny in buying goods and gifts to their loved ones even those that they don’t need. And surely they did succeed. People would buy because they were taught that they must give gifts in Christmas.

THEN CAME BOXING DAYS

It’s in Christmas when we exchange gifts. Boxing days were then invented so that people would open gifts’ boxes they received from friends. Meanwhile the merchants would accumulate more and more wealth from bumper sales during Christmas. Was that not a good deal? A smart idea, isn’t it? It was something they have succeed and perfected even today.

DID FATHER CHRISTMAS EXIST?

But did father Christmas really exist? What is his significance in this season if he does and what is also his significance if he does not? Now, a Father Christmas does not exist. It’s just an invented idea by the merchants. It was something that was made in the minds of people greedy to get money from naïve shoppers who were careless. He does not exist anywhere in the real or virtual world and appears only in Christmas season. His appearance confirms the nature of human beings. Easy to deceive and quick to want and desire free quick things.

Forgive me but aren’t we lazy work? We love wages without working. The merchants understood this and exploited it to enrich themselves. To complicate matters, they targeted the children of poor greedy shoppers who are influential to their parents spending habits. And I think they did.

Father Christmas disguises himself as the custodian of good morals and so his work among the kids is seen as one which is corrective and preventive. He is thus a darling to them when he hands them small tokens as a reward to their behavior each according to his/her “measure of goodness.” The well behaved are given better and bigger prizes than their counterparts who misbehave. This idea maybe was meant to paint a picture of God who to them-children is just, good, loves and kind. This may actually be a nice thought idea to perpetuate but it fails to motivate good behavior among children.  It also brings a distorted message about God. However, such a picture is the only comprehensible idea that children can get of a good God. God is not such a “big man” standing beside us to check and supervise what we are doing. On the opposite, while he is nevertheless loving, caring, kind, good, powerful and righteous, but wants us out of our own free will to love him voluntary and so will not struggle to do good while hating evil. The system of reward and punishment as painted by Father Christmas is too a small thing to be compared to what God gives to them that love and treasure him. He gives abundant life to those who accept his gift from heaven who is Christ Jesus.

THE BRAINWASHING IDEA OF THE WISE GREEDY MERCHANTS

Friends as I write of this, I keep wondering when we will ever learn of this brainwashing thought of the merchants. Year after year they come and we do our shopping as if this is all that matters in life in this season. We exchange material gifts and life goes on. I have no bad blood with us giving gifts. I conquer that friendships and relationships are built and knit where there is mutual exchange of emotions and small or big presents. My only concern is, is there life after Christmas? I want to believe there is. Isn’t it? And so this season we must live with such prudence as befits it. We must be not extravagant. We will and have to do shopping but must too remember that we will have financial obligations awaiting us in January. Do your mathematics right and ensure that come the end of the season you will not regret having used all you wealth in a day. Do not blow all your money in days. Plan ahead.

A BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS

I want to believe the best way we can celebrate Christmas is when we do things that have significance here on earth and will also earn us a place in eternity. The simple things that we do matter most than anything else we deceive ourselves matter more. The simple gesture of spending time with family and friends goes a long way in touching their hearts. We need to show kindness and unending love to all people even those you think do not deserve to be loved. We will place tongs of burning charcoal to our enemies’ head when we become and become a little bit more compassionate to them. We will cause them to change their stone hardened hearts if we became just a little flexible and decide we better “loose” and they win if this will cause peace and reconciliation. Moreover, if the gifts we’ll exchange are out of willing and sincere hearts, the amount and value then does not matter. If it pains your heart but does not leave you guilty then you are on the right track.

This Christmas will just end up like every other you’ve celebrated, if we decide to only spend our wealth on feasting, clothes and making merry and forget the significance of it. If we fail to share our gifts with the less fortunate and the most vulnerable of our society, then this will be like many other Christmas seasons. We will wake up that day after the festivities and regret that we have done nothing worthy being proud of if we will decide to only decorate our homes, cook nice food, exchange expensive gifts and wear expensive clothes if we do not realize that this happens because the savior of our life is given and has been given to redeem us. Our hearts must be ready to receive him gladly as if he mattered more to us than the season. The birth of Jesus will be of more significance if we accept him as the bread of heaven, feast of him and we will be saved. The festivities mood will be better if by all means we will choose to do acts of mercy.

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, enjoy your Christmas seasons. Be a blessing to others in these seasons as I hope I have been through this message. Come New Year I trust you will have no regrets because you will not have only enriched the merchants but also enriched yourself and those that matters to you. But also share this among your friends.