December 12th: by Anonymous

When it comes to Christmas cards, I have three strategies from which I choose every year: Proactive, Reactive, and inactive.

Proactive means I take the initative. I make a list, check it twice and then get cards into the mail. Reactive means I tear off the return address shoot off a card to the person who has sent it to me. Inactive means I open the card and think fondly of the sender, but the only greeting she or he gets is the telepathic kind.

This year I find myself thinking about the whole concept of proactive, reactive and inactive. I'd like to make new friends at the church. Which strategy will I use? And what about everyday acts of kindness? Are they only reciprocal? How will I handle our community's new emphasis on recycling and "living green"?

God, of course, has only one strategy. You might say that He's the most proactive of all. In fact, that is what Christmas is all about: "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and nothing would ever be the same again."

Kind of makes you want to share the good news. I think I'll send a few Christmas cards, but before I do I am going to thank the Lord that he reached down to us by sending us his Son.

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