What's around the corner? You know that big day that Capitalists of ANY persuasion and
Christians celebrate!
Now if you are a Capitalists, you're running down to the store early, marking stuff
down, and dragging out all the old signs from last year. You know, those boring signs:
FIFTY PERCENT OFF
LAST MINUTE GIFT ITEMS
LOWEST PRICE OF THE YEAR
BARGAINS
CLEARANCE
HOLIDAY SPECIAL
LAST DAY AT THIS PRICE
NEVER AGAIN THIS LOW.
Regardless of your persuasion, I'd like to see all good Capitalists take advantage of the
Christian Holiday and the Spirit of the Season and create some signs that really grab at the heart of Christianity!
FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, MAN
OPEN UP YOUR TIGHT WALLET!
IT'S ON SALE FOR GOD'S SAKE!
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD
IT'S JESUS' BIRTHDAY!
YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN'T BUY HIM
A GIFT,
SO BUY ONE FOR ANOTHER LOVED ONE!
AND BUY IT HERE!
YEA YEA YEA
YOU WANT IT FOR FREE!
WHAT ARE YOU
A CHEAP CHRISTIAN?
LOOK, IT'S THE LOWEST PRICE
OF THE YEAR!
REMEMBER
GOD MIGHT BE PRETTY CHEAP WITH YOU
ON JUDGEMENT DAY
HEY, I'M JUST ABOUT READY
TO MOVE INTO A STABLE
THE RENT ISN'T MUCH CHEAPER THERE
HELP ME OUT
BUY HERE!
OKAY
YOU'RE NOT BUYING
GET AHOLD OF THOSE WISEMEN
AND HAVE THEM SEND ME
THE GOLD
HEY, QUIT PICKING OVER MY PRODUCT
QUIT TEASING ME
BUY SOMETHING
DID YOU FORGET?
IT'S CHRISTMAS!
JESUS WAS NOT CHEAP
SO WHY ARE YOU?
Well, so much for my ideas about effective signs!
Perhaps you're just a simple Innkeeper, perhaps a carpenter trying to make a
few bucks when construction is slowing down, perhaps a young woman pregnant looking for a place to stay, perhaps you're a
wise guy with more gold than you know what to do with, perhaps you got a couple of buddies who are also wise guys who smell
kind of different, like incense perhaps or myrrh. Maybe you're making a few bucks keeping an eye on the sheep!
Well, if you fall into one of those categories, you might not realize that this Christmas "thing" is exactly YOUR HOLIDAY!
If you're Jewish, I hope you had a WONDER-FILLED and blessed Hannukah this year.
If you're Muslim, I hope your celebration of Abraham taking Isaac up to the mountain is
a sacred experience. Perhaps that story was one big misunderstanding. I know Isaac was pretty hesitant to
ever go hiking with good ol' Dad again. Maybe Father Abraham was smoking something under a palm tree on a very
hot day when he thought he understood what God was saying, but he got it all mixed up. Perhaps God was telling him not
to be like the neighbors who in those days pretty routinely sacrificed their sons to the gods on a regular basis, sort of
like what we do today in sending our sons and daughters off to war.
Well, whoever you are, the big day is right
around the corner, literally. As you round the corner, think RICH. Be RICH in your heart and in your commitment
to LOVE those you already love and those you're trying to figure out how to love. They're all lovable.
And if you're getting ready to celebrate Kwanza, teach the whole world the principles.
