The holidays are coming quickly upon us aging,

The time of year when we are to be joyful and full of good cheer,

But it seems as each year goes by people become more and more dissatisfied, and disconnected.

Being dissatisfied not only with their surroundings, what they have or don’t have, but in general with them self’s,

Spending (or wasting) hundreds of dollars to try and fill a need

 

Being dissatisfied can bring about depression in a sole and cause a person to dwell on the negative things that have happened in our lives, which brings about depression, the fillings of unhappiness, despair, sadness, hopelessness, dejection and rejection.

 

Loneliness, isolation and feeling less than can be your worst enemies.

So this year try something different.

Get outside yourself; take the time to do something for someone ells stop feeling sorry for you, go to a retirement center and visit with someone, when out at the store look people in the eye and say “Hi you have a good day”, (or perhaps even “Merry Christmas”) if you see someone in need do what you can to help them, even just a kind word can change a person’s life. You specking a kind word can also change your own life even as you are seeking them.

 

Take the time to make someone a card or cookies and give them to someone perhaps your neighbor,

 

Think on things that are good and pure, consider the blessing in your life, consider that this world is not all about you, that there are other a lot of other people out there and a lot of them are feeling dissatisfied lonely and depressed,

If you are feeling this way know the worst thing you can do is to isolate yourself from others.

 

As a Christian, if you are finding yourself in this condition think about this, Christ said “I will never leave you nor will I forsake you” Relies who you are in Christ; you are the light of the world, a fearfully and wonderfully made individual who is loved by Father God.

 

This year when you think your light is going out that you have nothing to give to others, take the time to let the light of Christ shine through you, this will help build the fire within you and the light Christ has placed in you will shine forth, to be a beckon to a lost world.

 

You have a job to do and it does not include feeling sorry for yourself.

Christ first

Then family

Then others

Then self

If you will take care of your relationships in this order, life will take on a whole new meaning and your life will have purpose and fulfillment, along with contentment.

 

Be blessed and know who you are in Christ

 

Merry Christmas