James 5:7-10
I can easily imagine a small child making a list of toys for Christmas. I can almost imagine an unruly child say "if I don't get this toy, I won't love you nay more!". I don't need any imagination to know that any child will in fact love their parents no matter what. They might be disappointed at what they do get and they may pout but always and intensely and unreservedly love their parents. Unless the parents are evil monsters, this love is always so.
How about you? Have you got any presents on your list this year? Anything you are pining for? Sometimes we ask for a great deal. If prayers are wish lists we ask for a whole lot. But we don't always get our prayers answered, at least not the way we may want them answered. Are we pouty? Do we stomp our feet and say to God 'I'm not going to love you any more?' No, I don't think so.
As we prepare for the greatest gift to mankind that ever was, the gift and presence of the Christ child, let us think perhaps about what we would like for Christmas. Part of faith is being open to His will because we don't know it all even if sometimes we think we do.
As we prepare for Christmas and say thank you, as we prepare for Christmas and celebrate, let us be open to the gifts that God grants us. I guarantee there will be something special and wonderful 'under the tree' for you. If you believe. If you have faith.
So what gift will come your way?
Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.
You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
Beloved, do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged. See, the Judge is standing at the doors!
As an example of suffering and patience, beloved, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
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