Well, Christmas is right around the corner, so i want to say a little something about Santa Claus. It's not a secret, i'm not a big fan of Santa Claus, because i think he’s taken away the true meaning of Christmas. One of the first big fights my wife and I had were of the decision whether or not to make our children believe there was a Santa Cluas. I told her, I'm not gonna buy all the presents and give Santa Claus the credit. Daddy bought 'em, that's right! (had to throw that in) Its always rubbed me the wrong way, its just a personal thing. I just think so many people are wrapped up in Santa and that has nothing to do with Christmas. ITs like celebrating someone else on YOUR birthday.
But I did some research on Santa Claus and I gotta say, God's working on my heart.
Nicholas was a bishop in Myra. He received a huge inheritance and gave a lot of money to the poor. He was actually a pretty amazing man. He lived during a horrible time in human history. During a great time of persecution for Christians. The executioners had to take turns because they got so tired of killing one Christian after another. And because He was a christian He was branded with a hot iron and they took pliers to his skin because he wouldn't deny the name of Jesus.
After the persecution died down, there was a lot of heresy, pastors saying things about Jesus that weren't true. One pastor wrote a song about how Jesus wasn't God. He stood up to sing it at one of the meetings and Nicholas walked up to him and punched him in the mouth. HO! HO! HO!
He spent the rest of his life founding orphanages and helping kids.
I hope we remember who he really was the next time we see santa. That we remember the true meaning of Christmas.
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