Christmas Gifts
[NOTE]i was driving home from extremely exhausted and fatigue time at work after a 16 hour "trauma-filled-narcotic-seekers-day" shift. truthfully, i just want to go home. i was stressed out about work, christmas shopping, han, my family and now, the new trauma center at work. all i desired was a relaxing sleep. on that drive home, this song played on the radio.
The Christmas Shoes
by New Song
It was almost Christmas time, there I stood in another line
Tryin' to buy that last gift or two, not really in the Christmas mood
Standing right in front of me was a little boy waiting anxiously
Pacing 'round like little boys do
And in his hands he held a pair of shoes
His clothes were worn and old,
he was dirty from head to toe
And when it came his time to pay
I couldn't believe what I heard him say
Chorus:
Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my Mama, please
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir, Daddy says there's not much time
You see she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes would make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight
He counted pennies for what seemed like years
Then the cashier said, "Son, there's not enough here"
He searched his pockets frantically
Then he turned and he looked at me
He said Mama made Christmas good at our house
Though most years she just did without
Tell me Sir, what am I going to do,
Somehow I've got to buy her these Christmas shoes
So I laid the money down,
I just had to help him out
I'll never forget the look on his face when he said
Mama's gonna look so great
Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my Mama, please
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir, Daddy says there's not much time
You see she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes would make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight
Bridge:
I knew I'd caught a glimpse of heaven's love
As he thanked me and ran out
I knew that God had sent that little boy
To remind me just what Christmas is all about
Repeat Chorus
NOTE: as the song faded on the radio, i wiped the tears that fell on my face. i realized how selfish i am when i was thinking about other things in my life that we're not even as in depth as the concerns of the little boy. i realized that christmas gifts are not just the material gifts we can offer to someone we love or care about. christmas gifts can also be gifts that can come from anything not necessarily of something in kind but also from offering one's services and giving back anything to the mankind.
that day after that song played, it was a wake up call for me. perhaps, that selfishness i felt on my way to bed that night lingered through out the next day.so i asked myself, "what can i do today to help even one person's life better today?"
then i rememebered, there was a blood drive for the patients at work. i think red cross informed our hospital that there was a shortage of blood donors and that they were limiting the amount of blood they were supplying at out hospital due to this shortage. i donate blood every year. but never on during the holiday season. but then for some reason that day, i realized how that blood can help mr. *jones (* name changed) who has leukemia, *ms. bb who has sickle anemia, *john doe 115 who got into a car accident and lost enermous amount of blood. right then and there, i gave blood.
it started when i offered and presented 10 percent of what i made forthe month of november to bantay bata 163 ( a philippine based foundation taking good care of battered and sick kids sponsored by abs-cbn foundation). on the first week of december, i offered a 10 pecent tithes for our church and another amount to the christmas caroling choir that they can use to serve other people at church and outside church.
these are just little things. this christmas, my gift to myself is to give the wealth of myself to others who need me. this holidays, i set three main goals for myself. my first goal is to reach out to our unfortunate brothers and sisters as much and as far as i can. two, to become an inspiring instrument of example so that i can urge others to do the same. third, to simply spread the love no matter what.
i hope i inspired you as a reader with this particular story. the lord does not ask of anything of us but to gie ourselves to others the same way He gave himself to us to save us from our sins. this christmas, take time to give someone the gift or ourselves and continue on.
The Lord loves you and so do i. Happy Holidays!
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