We will not be adopting a family this year for Christmas. Instead we will be participating in God’s Gift. God’s Gift is a program I have adopted and tweaked from my church. Megan and I are taking our tithe and giving every FCA student 5 dollars to bless someone in need. You are essentially taking God’s money and using it to bless someone in need. This is not my money, this is God’s money.
It is up to you to decide who/how you are going to bless someone in need. You can take God’s 5 dollar bill and combined in with your own money, or another family member, or another member of FCA. It’s completely up to you. You can do almost anything with the 5 dollars. You can bless someone all at once, or separate the money in several blessings. Remember, this is God’s money.
Some examples of what you can do: buy food for a homeless person, buy any kind of warm clothing for a person in need, buy a gift for a child in need, some churches have Christmas trees with gift needs attached to the tree; buy one and give that gift. You can take God’s 5 dollars and buy cooking supplies and bake a cake for a neighbor. Buy coffee for a neighbor. Take a meal over to a friend. Use the money to help a neighbor fix something. Anything and everything goes, as long as there is a need to bless someone. Please try not to buy something for your family unless there is a tremendous need for that person.
Please feel free to remind the person you are blessing how much God has blessed you and that God loves them. When you are finished with God’s Gift I want to hear about it. Every person will HAVE to write, or type me a letter telling me how they used God’s money to bless others. I will be expecting this letter when we get back from Christmas break, or before.
Have a great time blessing others. Get in the Christmas spirit and remember your Saviors birth.
