It would go a long way toward keeping Satan within tight reigns were we to:

1.) spend quality time with God, even if we have to schedule an appointment. seek God's will, even above feelings of others.

2.) learn to discern and detach a little from those who manipulate our time with no real intention of following God (while keeping an open door for time when they don't just want attention, but a real help.)

3.) let go of responsibilities God didn't call us to; works that please man but not Him.

Only when God is 1st does everything else fall into place.

© by Joyce C. Lock http://my.homewithgod.com/blessingsandlessons/ This writing may be used in its entirety, with credits in tact, for non-profit ministering purposes.

Symptoms subsided as soon as I got out of that building. But, memory has never left. And, for whatever other medical explanation there could be, I ‘knew’ it was God, as He was showing me program way He saw it.

After hearing every possibly viable explanation there is as to why it is acceptable to lie to children about Santa Claus, God led me to dictionary. Webster’s New World Dictionary says, “Nick (nik), n. Devil: usually Old Nick,” as well as others referring to goblin and demon.

For those who don't credit 'Santa Claus', did our Christmases ever really change or was it just names we call him?

However God leads you to spend your Christmas is certainly between you and Him. Though, inviting Jesus to His own party would be a good place to start.

© 2002 by Joyce C. Lock http://my.homewithgod.com/blessingsandlessons/ This writing may be used in its entirety, with credits in tact, for non-profit ministering purposes.