I Actually did, ….?

What I did was so small, that I’m questioning my sanity by trying to write about it. But here it goes??? 🙂

My wife and I were at a churches together carol singing event on our high street. It was a good time. A few people stopped and seemed to enjoy it.

At one point, I noticed that a child of someone who I know was sitting on the cold floor.

I knew the floor was cold, as I could feel it through my shoes. Some of the singers were standing on carpet mats, and part of me wanted one for myself. But I was actually ok, and I didn’t want to make a fuss, so I just put up with the cold.

As I looked at the child, sitting on the floor, something inside me said, “It’s not right, that the child is sitting on the cold floor. There are plenty of carpet mats over there. Somebody, Give the child a Mat!”

I looked and hoped that someone else would notice what I had, and would actually give the child, a mat to sit on.

But, nobody else appeared to even be aware of the situation.

Then something inside me said, “You, why don’t you, just Give the child a Mat?”

I don’t like standing out. I don’t generally like to make a fuss. I was already putting up with the cold, because I didn’t want to make a fuss. And now, I’m supposed to go and pick up a mat, then walk over to the child, in front of everyone, and offer a mat to a child, who I don’t really know (although I do know their parents) even though it hasn’t even been asked for? To top this all off, it was happening during a talking part, so I would be standing out, all the more.

The something inside me won, this time, and I went and picked up the mat, then walked behind as many people as I could, and made my way to the child. Without saying a word, I just placed the mat on the floor, by the child.
Thankfully, the child understood what was being offered, and without any fuss, just accepted the mat, and sat on it. I then quietly went back to my place of safety and comfort.

I did tell you it was a very small thing. 🙂

I have to say that I was so pleased that, I had actually followed the thought I had, “to just do it”. The Joy that was in me (I think that is the best way to describe it) went off the scale, to just see the child sitting on a mat, instead of the floor.

My thoughts have since gone to, A gift has been given, and a gift has been accepted. It’s so simple, really.
Also, the gift was made available, because the gift giver said, “OK, I’ll just do this little thing.”

The gift, in this instance, was just a mat to sit on, but at this Christmas time, another gift is freely made available to ALL!
But will it be accepted?
Will it even be offered?

If you are asked to do or say something, from Our Lord God, and you know that it’s from Him, then will you do or say, what He wants you to?
If you do, then will you have a measure of Joy, that makes no sense?

If you are offered a gift, then will you accept it?

The gift of the mat could have been refused. “No thank you. I’m OK on this cold floor. I don’t need or want the mat that is being offered.” Could have been the response. But thankfully it wasn’t.

At this time of Christmas, the gift of a relationship with The Lord God Almighty, is offered!
Will you accept it?
It’s so simple, really. All we need to do, is to say, “Yes please, I would like to know You, personally, Lord God Almighty.”

So, at this Christmas time, will you let the reason for the season in?
Will you say yes, to The Lord God Almighty?