What did you do for Christmas?

[Avodah]

He calmly smiled and said "The family was together and noone died, That is a wonderful Christmas"

Precious!!

I'm glad everything turned out all right.

[Guest LadyC]

I took down my Christmas tree, ornaments and all decorations and decided to follow scripture below.

Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Matthew 15:7-9

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:24

must worship him, not should, but must

In spirit and in truth, not in christmas spirit, nor holiday spirit.

In truth not the christmas lie most have believed.

Please do history on all the holidays and you will find that those who celebrate them are guilty by association.

christmas worship is not a commandment of GOD, it is a commandment of men. Do the research and prove me wrong.

Jesus himself said prove all things and hold fast to what is good.

with love,

merricat

wow, that sounds rather judgemental of you, perhaps you should look up scriptures on that issue. i see you took down your tree on christmas, so you presumably had one up... nice that you had a change of heart, and do as you feel convicted, but if you had a tree up for christmas that you took down, the post you made also sounds slightly like hypocrisy.

celebrating christmas is not a commandment of man. it may be a man made celebration, but it is a day when we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour. besides, you will never convince me that God wants us to walk around looking like we've been sucking green persimmons. scripture says that we are to rejoice in each day because the Lord has made it. scripture says to make a joyful noise. scripture says in all things give thanks. scripture ALSO says it is better to give than to recieve.

if we as christians put up a tree and nativity scenes and lights, and do not forget who the day is about, and remember to give thanks and rejoice in Him, i fail to see where we're displeasing him. when and if we ever feel convicted by the Holy Spirit to quit celebrating, and we ignore His conviction, then yes, we would be sinning. so if you feel convicted, then by all means, heed and obey. but don't presume that just because you have been called to quit celebrating that the rest of us should obey the command given to YOU... know what i mean?

[RGR]

I took down my Christmas tree, ornaments and all decorations and decided to follow scripture below.

Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Matthew 15:7-9

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:24

must worship him, not should, but must

In spirit and in truth, not in christmas spirit, nor holiday spirit.

In truth not the christmas lie most have believed.

Please do history on all the holidays and you will find that those who celebrate them are guilty by association.

christmas worship is not a commandment of GOD, it is a commandment of men. Do the research and prove me wrong.

Jesus himself said prove all things and hold fast to what is good.

with love,

merricat

wow, that sounds rather judgemental of you, perhaps you should look up scriptures on that issue. i see you took down your tree on christmas, so you presumably had one up... nice that you had a change of heart, and do as you feel convicted, but if you had a tree up for christmas that you took down, the post you made also sounds slightly like hypocrisy.

celebrating christmas is not a commandment of man. it may be a man made celebration, but it is a day when we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour. besides, you will never convince me that God wants us to walk around looking like we've been sucking green persimmons. scripture says that we are to rejoice in each day because the Lord has made it. scripture says to make a joyful noise. scripture says in all things give thanks. scripture ALSO says it is better to give than to recieve.

if we as christians put up a tree and nativity scenes and lights, and do not forget who the day is about, and remember to give thanks and rejoice in Him, i fail to see where we're displeasing him. when and if we ever feel convicted by the Holy Spirit to quit celebrating, and we ignore His conviction, then yes, we would be sinning. so if you feel convicted, then by all means, heed and obey. but don't presume that just because you have been called to quit celebrating that the rest of us should obey the command given to YOU... know what i mean?

[Iryssa]

I took down my Christmas tree, ornaments and all decorations and decided to follow scripture below.

Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Matthew 15:7-9

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:24

must worship him, not should, but must

In spirit and in truth, not in christmas spirit, nor holiday spirit.

In truth not the christmas lie most have believed.

Please do history on all the holidays and you will find that those who celebrate them are guilty by association.

christmas worship is not a commandment of GOD, it is a commandment of men. Do the research and prove me wrong.

Jesus himself said prove all things and hold fast to what is good.

with love,

merricat

You know what's funny? Nowhere in scripture do I find the teaching that rejoicing about Christ's birth is sinful...nor that rejoicing itself is. Or, for that matter, that holidays are evil. Keeping a holiday is not a commandment, of man or otherwise, by the way...rather, it's a time when we willingly, happily, tend to celebrate Christ's birth. Of course, there are those that don't know the true meaning of Christmas...but I guess that means we gotta spread the word a little more.

You CAN worship in spirit and in truth while celebrating Christmas...in fact, there's a LOT of worshipping of God going on throughout Christmas among believers. How is singing "Gloria, in excelsis Deo!" NOT good? Honestly, I just can't see how saying "glory to God in the Highest!" could be bad! Personally, I'll hold fast to what is good, and that's one of the many ways I do it during the Christmas season.

*sigh* When did Christianity become a religion of finding the worst in everything?

[Kalashnikova]

Your Dad is an optimist. That's great.

Okay, all day long people have been asking how our Christmas was. All day long my dad said "We had a wonderful Christmas".

After hearing dad say it was wonderful all day, I asked him what was soo wonderful about it. My nephew ended up in emergency room after he crashed a dirt bike he opened 30 minutes earlier. We spent 6 hours in the hospital after my grampa had a stoke on Christmas.

16 of us said our final good byes to grampa thinking this was it for real.

Tears and grief. Prayying with grampa etc.

Yeah, dad what was so wonderful?

He calmly smiled and said "The family was together and noone died, That is a wonderful Christmas"

Well, ya can't beat his logic.

Man, I love my daddy.

[Kalashnikova]

I agree with you.

wow, that sounds rather judgemental of you, perhaps you should look up scriptures on that issue. i see you took down your tree on christmas, so you presumably had one up... nice that you had a change of heart, and do as you feel convicted, but if you had a tree up for christmas that you took down, the post you made also sounds slightly like hypocrisy.

celebrating christmas is not a commandment of man. it may be a man made celebration, but it is a day when we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour. besides, you will never convince me that God wants us to walk around looking like we've been sucking green persimmons. scripture says that we are to rejoice in each day because the Lord has made it. scripture says to make a joyful noise. scripture says in all things give thanks. scripture ALSO says it is better to give than to recieve.

if we as christians put up a tree and nativity scenes and lights, and do not forget who the day is about, and remember to give thanks and rejoice in Him, i fail to see where we're displeasing him. when and if we ever feel convicted by the Holy Spirit to quit celebrating, and we ignore His conviction, then yes, we would be sinning. so if you feel convicted, then by all means, heed and obey. but don't presume that just because you have been called to quit celebrating that the rest of us should obey the command given to YOU... know what i mean?

[Kalashnikova]

Amen!

I took down my Christmas tree, ornaments and all decorations and decided to follow scripture below.

Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Matthew 15:7-9

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:24

must worship him, not should, but must

In spirit and in truth, not in christmas spirit, nor holiday spirit.

In truth not the christmas lie most have believed.

Please do history on all the holidays and you will find that those who celebrate them are guilty by association.

christmas worship is not a commandment of GOD, it is a commandment of men. Do the research and prove me wrong.

Jesus himself said prove all things and hold fast to what is good.

with love,

merricat

You know what's funny? Nowhere in scripture do I find the teaching that rejoicing about Christ's birth is sinful...nor that rejoicing itself is. Or, for that matter, that holidays are evil. Keeping a holiday is not a commandment, of man or otherwise, by the way...rather, it's a time when we willingly, happily, tend to celebrate Christ's birth. Of course, there are those that don't know the true meaning of Christmas...but I guess that means we gotta spread the word a little more.

You CAN worship in spirit and in truth while celebrating Christmas...in fact, there's a LOT of worshipping of God going on throughout Christmas among believers. How is singing "Gloria, in excelsis Deo!" NOT good? Honestly, I just can't see how saying "glory to God in the Highest!" could be bad! Personally, I'll hold fast to what is good, and that's one of the many ways I do it during the Christmas season.

*sigh* When did Christianity become a religion of finding the worst in everything?

[Christ's Free Servant]

Our oldest son and his wife were away for the weekend visiting her parents near the SC beach, our middle son and his wife and our three grandchildren traveled 500 miles to Ohio to visit the great-grandparents, our youngest son is in Iraq, and his wife was visiting with her parents part of Christmas Eve & Christmas Day and part of those days with us and our daughter and her newly acquired fiance (on Christmas Day), who spent half of Christmas traveling to the mountains where he proposed to her, part of the day with his family and the rest of it with us.

So we were kind of alone (without our kids) on Christmas Day up until about 7 p.m. when our daughter, her fiance and our daughter-in-law showed up to eat dinner with us and spend the evening. For lunch and the afternoon, we went to the home of the parents of the daughter-in-law who traveled to Ohio with our son and grandchildren, since the parents were left alone, too. So, we visited with relatives of relatives and with our daughter and future son-in-law and daughter-in-law on Christmas Day. All in all it was a good day, but we really missed all three of our sons, two of their wives and all three of our granddaughters. But, they all live here in town, minus our son who is in Iraq, so we'll have time with them this weekend.

New Year's Eve is my 56th birthday! I was born December 31, 1949 at 6:10 p.m., so just a few hours short of 1950. So, when the world turned 2000 A.D., I turned 50 just a few hours before. I thought it was cool! I always know what age I was in what year, because the math is so easy - 1965 (15), 1982 (32), etc. As long as I can add anything to 50, I'm ok.

[Kalashnikova]

Happy birthday!

Our oldest son and his wife were away for the weekend visiting her parents near the SC beach, our middle son and his wife and our three grandchildren traveled 500 miles to Ohio to visit the great-grandparents, our youngest son is in Iraq, and his wife was visiting with her parents part of Christmas Eve & Christmas Day and part of those days with us and our daughter and her newly acquired fiance (on Christmas Day), who spent half of Christmas traveling to the mountains where he proposed to her, part of the day with his family and the rest of it with us.

So we were kind of alone (without our kids) on Christmas Day up until about 7 p.m. when our daughter, her fiance and our daughter-in-law showed up to eat dinner with us and spend the evening. For lunch and the afternoon, we went to the home of the parents of the daughter-in-law who traveled to Ohio with our son and grandchildren, since the parents were left alone, too. So, we visited with relatives of relatives and with our daughter and future son-in-law and daughter-in-law on Christmas Day. All in all it was a good day, but we really missed all three of our sons, two of their wives and all three of our granddaughters. But, they all live here in town, minus our son who is in Iraq, so we'll have time with them this weekend.

New Year's Eve is my 56th birthday! I was born December 31, 1949 at 6:10 p.m., so just a few hours short of 1950. So, when the world turned 2000 A.D., I turned 50 just a few hours before. I thought it was cool! I always know what age I was in what year, because the math is so easy - 1965 (15), 1982 (32), etc. As long as I can add anything to 50, I'm ok.

[Christ's Free Servant]

Happy birthday!

Thank you! Happy New Year to you!!