I love this video from World Relief, and this rendition of Silent Night is good, too. But I’ve really been challenged this year to do Christmas differently than in the past. Something I’ve been thinking about is the reason we celebrate Christmas, to celebrate the birth of Jesus. So if it’s a celebration of Jesus’ birthday, why do we give so many gifts to everyone but Jesus? I mean, I don’t receive a gift on my brother’s birthday, ya know? Then I was challenged with this thought, how do I give a gift to Jesus? Aha! I give a gift to the “least of these!” There are many one can go about doing this, theVine’s Coats for Christmas, check out World Relief’s Catalog of Hope, buying gifts for people you know whom don’t have the finances to do so, giving a gift to a homeless person, there are so many ways! So how is this giving a gift to Jesus? “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.” So there you go. I urge and challenge anyone who reads this, for this Christmas, go against the norm, step outside of the “Christmas box,” and “love your neighbor as yourself.”

You know what’s really cool to think…just as Christ loves us enough to die for us, he loves each and every one of the people in this video just the same!