JulieMelton visit me at www.heart-and-music.com or subscribe to my podcast at http://feed.feedburner.com/hmradio Keep smiling! >From: "Sugarsyl" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: "Blind Women 4 Christ" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: [BlindWomen4Christ] The Ten Commandments of Christmas >Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:06:02 -0800 > >The Ten Commandments of Christmas > > > >1. Thou shalt not leave "Christ" out of Christmas. > >2. Thou shalt not value thy gifts by the cost, for many shall signify > >love that is more blessed and beautiful than silver and gold. > >3. Thou shalt give thyself with thy gifts, thy love, thy personality, > >and thy service and shall increase the value of thy gifts a hundred fold > >and > >they who receiveth them shall treasure them forever. > >4. Thou shall not let Santa Claus take the place of Christ, lest > >Christmas become a fairy tale, > >rather than a sublime reality in the spiritual realm. > >5. Thou shalt not burden thy servants, the sales girl, the mail carrier > >and the merchant. > >6. Thou shalt not neglect the church. > >Its Christmas services are planned > >to help spiritualize the Christmas season for thee, thy family, and thy > >friends. > >7. Thou shalt not neglect the needy. > >Let thy bountiful blessings be shared > >with the many who will go hungry and cold unless you are generous at > >Christmas. > >8. Thou shalt be as a little child. > >Christmas is the day of the Christ child; not until thou has become, in > >spirit, > >as a little child art thou ready to enter into the Kingdom of heaven. 9. > >Thou shalt prepare thy soul for Christmas. Verily, most of us spend > >much time and money getting gifts ready, but few seconds in preparing > >our souls. > >10. Thou shalt give thy heart to Christ. > >Let thy Christmas list have "Christ in my heart" at the top as thy gift > >to Him this Christmas. > >Author Unknown > > > > >Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness >of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to >be kind. >Merry Christmas >-Sylvia C. Lopez > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >