December 4, 2009

  • Naughty or Nice?

    Did you know Santa publishes his naughty or nice list online now?  Go to  Santa’s Naughty or Nice web site, enter your name, and find out which list you are on.  

    Here's what Santa had to say about me,

    Nice, but with a few naughty marks. Neatness needs improvement. Behavior has been good sometimes, not so good other times. Manners could still use some attention. Was very nice last Monday.

    You know, I think a lot of people think God is like Santa Claus.  They think He sits on his throne up in heaven and looks down to see if we are being naughty or nice.  If we do more nice things than naughty things, we'll be on the "good" list.  

    None of us can earn the "good" list. 

    And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:18-21

    It's a good thing, too.  Seeing how, I made the nice list last Monday and it's all gone down hill from there.  lol