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Friday, December 7, 2012

Tis The Season to Be Greedy, Waging War on Christ With Money, Businesses and the Greedy Think Money is The New Born King - cowboygrandpa's column on Newsvine

Tis The Season to Be Greedy, Waging War on Christ With Money, Businesses and the Greedy Think Money is The New Born King - cowboygrandpa's column on Newsvine
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  1. RAYLOKEDecember 7, 2012 at 8:19 AM

    Greed is a sickness of the mind. The more it is accepted the less the person understands the value of other people. As an example, I remember my brother coming into my parents house during the Christmas season around 35 years ago, he said he'd sold a car to some guy he knew couldn't afford it but that he'd made his commission so he didn't care what happened to the guy. The guy he sold the car to had a family. I looked at my brother and said " You really think that is okay ??" He said " Yeah, that guy is not my responsibility, I don't care what happens to him. I made my money." He is still that way and says he is a "Christian".

    I knew where he had learned it, from my dad who used to say "you can't worry about everybody else you have to get your own, and take care of your own, let everybody take care of themeselves." Yet he was the first to call me when his greed had chased away everyone from him because his behaviors became unacceptable. He wanted help, because he was hurting and alone.

    Of course I helped him he was my dad and I loved him no matter what, and I didn't want him to suffer through the holiday seasons alone. So he would try to buy all kinds of things to make my kids happy and try to buy me things to show his appreciation for my being there. I told him to stop buying so much stuff, I didn't need it or want it. All I really wanted was for him to realize that without the love of people all the things in the world mean nothing, and without him realizing it he was never going to grow up and heal.

    That is just a background so you can see that I've lived around greed all my life, I've fought it because the greed does not fulfill a need it actually creates a larger need which is to have more to prove that you are somehow worthy above others.



    Christmas seems to bring out the greed in some people as well as the kindness in others. I've seen people argue over how much a gift cost and that one person felt slighted because they spent more on the gift they gave than the other person spent on the gift given to them. As if the dollar amount is the most important thing. If they could only see that it isn't the money, it is the idea that the person actually cared enough to give you a gift that really matters. You were thought of, maybe not in the financial way you wanted, but you mattered enough for that person to give you something. I know that for me personally, I've never had a large amount of money to spend on Christmas gifts, or birthday gifts because I'm busy working, paying the rent, food, utilities, and a multitude of other needed costs just to allow those I support to live a decent life. I show my love year round, I give gifts for no reason except to show people I love them and I do that year round as well. They may not be expensive, but if they would only do the work I do to earn the money spent they would know the gifyt costs more than money, it costs hard labor and pain in my old body.

    These people who think Christmas is about the money spent have no real idea of Who Christ is. He was born to die for us, so our sins could be forever forgotten by The Father God as they were washed away by the blood of Christ our Lord. So when we embrace Him and accept His Salvation we are freed from the debt of sin which is death of not only the flesh, but removal of our spirit from the presence of God forever.

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  2. RAYLOKEDecember 7, 2012 at 8:19 AM

    ...2/ So these people who go to war against Christ with money are not His they are of His enemy. I'm not saying we shouldn't exchange gifts for Christmas. But instead of spending money on things that don't last and really don't bring true joy, why not give the gift of love by sharing time with people, loved ones as well as the needy or elderly and show them the real Spirit of Christ in Christmas. Which is after all the real reason of the seaon to True Christians.

    Let the greedy celebrate as they will, and wish them a Merry Christmas. But remember it is their hearts that are truly empty of the joy of Him, not only on Christmas but throughout the years.

    We don't have join them in turning the joy of Christmas into a ritual of gift giving and empty platitudes that are forgotten as soon as the newness of the gifts is gone.

    Business are in business to make money, don't let them destroy your Christmas spirit by allowing them to set the mood for Christmas. The greedy are never satisified and won't be satisfied in hell either. Pity them, but don't be like them, for their hearts are just like a water balloon filled with greed until they burst and are worthless for they can no longer be used for anything.



    Just the way I see it from a life spent trying to share His Love with a world of people intent on ignoring His lessons until they are sick and tired of the emptiness of life without Him.

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