tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323751709367685259.post3533882225810893342..comments2023-03-28T05:59:09.233-05:00Comments on Servant, Wife, Mother: Christmas Series IntroHeather Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06815204762105256632noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323751709367685259.post-65392669926222079002011-11-05T03:26:37.457-05:002011-11-05T03:26:37.457-05:00I am very excited to read this series! We do the s...I am very excited to read this series! We do the santa thing at our house, although very minimally. He brings 1 gift and stockings. We focus very much on the reason for the season :) And spend our Advent preparing our hearts for Jesus. But I always like to hear how others celebrate. I pray that people are kind when speaking to you (and others who are anti-santa. God bless!Amyhttp://teachingsaints.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323751709367685259.post-86906209430565948402011-10-23T12:53:45.673-05:002011-10-23T12:53:45.673-05:00What a great reminder, Tam. A lot of my posts from...What a great reminder, Tam. A lot of my posts from last year I felt came across too harsh/judgemental, that was the main reason that I rewrote them. My purpose here isn't to play the Holy Spirit, but just to share my beliefs and views. The whole reason I posted this introduction post was so that people who didn't want to read them, wouldn't get sucked in without knowing what my viewpoint was. My next post describes how I started to be against Santa, then the following posts go into how it grew. The final post in the series re-iterates that it is God's place to convict people, and no one should mimic anyone else's walk with Him. We are each on the path that He want's us on, but I still feel very led to share what He has laid on my heart.Heather Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815204762105256632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323751709367685259.post-83712825637725012182011-10-23T05:57:04.754-05:002011-10-23T05:57:04.754-05:00Okay, will try to keep this very brief (haha) and ...Okay, will try to keep this very brief (haha) and might even do a topic on my own blog in response to this post, but the basic premise of this is not even Santa or Christmas, but rather it is obedience.<br /><br />Heather, if you feel that God has led you down this road then you must continue to stand strong. You do not know who is watching this debate and who might look at it deeper and go before God because they have witnessed the conviction in your life. It is then left in God's hands to convict or not.<br /><br />Personally, I was once of the santa crowd, I will admit that. But the Holy Spirit has convicted me personally of this--first of all for the lie itself. And we've talked to our older children about this and apologized to them for that. But also because of the things I've discovered about the holidays (this and others) that we feel led to purge from our lives. I won't cover them here because there are too many and quite honestly, some are not ready to hear them. <br /><br />I encourage everyone to seek out the Lord's direction in this and all matters! Lay open your heart before Him and ask Him how to proceed, ask Him to show you what truth you should pursue. <br /><br />At the end of the day, that is all that matters. Did we do what God wanted us to do? Is is Biblical? Where we obedient? When we stand before Him will we need to justify or will we be able to say that no matter how tiring or wearying it was, we stood in His will?<br /><br />((HUGS))Paper Blessingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804837188857685396noreply@blogger.com