VictoryinJesus
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I remember years ago that passage being relayed to me by my husbands JW uncle. I was quite a young Christian at the time.......he gave me a lecture on all the reasons why they don’t celebrate Christmas.
I love have a tree up every year, love the lights.
Has it become an idol, hmmm not sure about that. How many of us couldn’t go through this festive time without one , so we may not be bowing down to it, but in our hearts it has taken a place of importance.
However that’s a debatable point.
Rita x
we used to put up a real tree many years ago. Now it is an artificial one with the lights built in. It goes into the basement afterwards, until the following year when it gets whatever ornaments made it through the previous year of the kids playing with them. More worried about the gifts under the tree being an idol than the tree. So much stress comes with buying if you are not able to afford it. So many children do not get any gifts and the idea ...tugs at your heart that they must not feel loved if they do not get gifts. Which produces this guilt even if some parents can’t afford it and stress out over it. I struggle with this too even as a Mimi...my husband would probably tell you how stressed I get over “we have to buy gifts.” Whether we can afford it or not, the grandchildren won’t feel loved unless there are presents. Sometimes I wish we could make our own and give them something simple without a price tag from the heart.
What is an idol seems up to an individual. It could be anything. (Imo) An idol could be a car; admiring its shine. polishing and buffing out every scratch and even sometimes giving your car a name. a tree could be an idol, but not always. My mother is ninety and forgets from day to day, sometimes within hours...repeating “did you see the little tree I put up”? I tell her “I saw it” and how pretty it is. She loves watching the lights change colors. At ninety she doesn’t go out much and that tree with its lights ...she mentions loving to watch the lights change colors every time I’m over there.
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