As a youngster growing up in the city of Harrisburg,
my friends and I discovered a cool (perhaps I should say cold!) way to make
money around the holidays. I don’t
recall how the discovery was made, but I do remember how thrilled we were with
it. We found out that by going
door-to-door singing Christmas carols, people would invite us in out of the
cold and give us steaming hot chocolate to warm our cold little bodies. To go along with the hot chocolate, they
would offer us a wide array of delicious home-baked Christmas cookies. And often, as we said our good-byes, they
would give us each some money. Either we
looked pretty poor and they felt sorry for us – or they viewed us as cheap
holiday entertainment! I must say, we made out pretty well the two Christmas
seasons we went caroling!
Last Thursday evening, I was at it again! Our Life Group caroled at the Presbyterian Home in Quarryville. And again, we made out
pretty well. This time it was not
because of the hot chocolate, cookies and money offered to us. Rather, I found great satisfaction in the
smiling faces and even tears of those to whom we sang (I sure hope the tears
were tears of joy and not agony!). Serving
others is like that. You want joy? You want satisfaction? Let me suggest you get your eyes off of
yourself for a while and on to someone else.
Read Philippians 2:3-11 . Then seek to serve someone today. Go ahead and do a secret act of kindness for
someone. You will be glad for it.
Thanks for stopping by ... and MERRY CHRISTMAS!
pj
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