BBD 12.20.21 No Santa (New)
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Since June 8th 1998, this is
the 1832nd
The Burning Bush Devotional
20 December 2021
No
Santa
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift! – 2 Corinthians
9:15 NKJV.
Bishop Antonio
Stagliano of the Roman Catholic diocese of Noto, Sicily has had a little
problem. The problem? He told some children that there is no Santa Claus. A
spokesman for the diocese stated: “On behalf of the bishop, I express my sorrow
for this declaration which has created disappointment in the little ones, and
want to specify that Monsignor Stagliano’s intentions were quite different.”
I can sympathize
with the Bishop because soon after I became a pastor in a children’s sermon, I
said there was not a Santa Claus. Word soon got back to me that some of the
parents were upset about that!
Personally, I learned that there was no Santa
Claus when I was in the first or second grade when a friend shared with me the
shocking news that he had just found out. It really didn’t upset me because I
kind of already knew there couldn’t be a Santa Claus, but I thought it would be
nice if there were one.
The reality is
that there is no Santa Claus, but God has given us something far better. God
has given us a Savior, Jesus Christ, and through Him we can have forgiveness of
sins and eternal life. As John 3:16 says “For God so
loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting
life.”
Jesus truly is the indescribable gift! Jesus Christ, God Himself, came down from the glories
of Heaven to walk upon this earth so that He could become the perfect sinless
once for all sacrifice for our sins.
This Christmas let us give Jesus the one thing that He
wants, our hearts.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
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