Triple C News - Dec. 2
Hey, everyone!
Wow! You can really tell it’s Christmas! The other day, I was driving down the road and saw one of those church signs that said,…
“STARTED SHOPPING? DON”T FORGET HIS PRESENCE!”
I thought, “Well, for one thing, I haven’t.” And secondly, “Christmas can be tough sometimes for some of us and with all the other places I have to go, I didn’t really need to go on that guilt trip today!”
Speaking of things people don’t need at Christmas, I was reading an article about presents that you shouldn’t buy for anyone…Ready?
(If you’ve gotten any of these, there’s still time to take it back…)
1)Exercise gear
2) Wrinkle cream (“Don’t give stuff that could be interpreted as sending a message…”)
3)Re-gifted stuff (“Just don’t…)
4)Ski equipment (“Don’t give anything that will cost the person to use it, i.e., lessons, ER bills, etc…”)
5)One-wheel electric skateboards (“Just think for a second…”)
6)Fruit cake ( “If you get one, you could use it as a door-stop, as a Duraflame log, or as weight for the back of your pickup in case of snow…”)
Speaking of…
Christmas is really to remember the birth of the One Who owns everything!
If I were to buy a gift for Him, what could He possibly want from me?
What do you give the One Who has everything?
I know!
In Matthew 25, our Lord, said, “For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink...Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for Me."
When you give to those who have little…or all they have is trouble…you give to Him!
One thing we hope to do this year is to buy a set of clothes and a book bag for twenty six orphan kids who live with Suni Nandigam in India! And we are praying that we can buy three saris each (the dress women wear in India) for 52 widows! It will be the only clothes Suni’s orphans and widows get this year!
I remember the year we first did this for Victor and Suni. When Victor heard we were going to do this, he wrote…
“My dear brother Tom,
I am so thrilled to hear this news from you and I thank the Lord so
much for giving such a friend like you and the church who loves the
Lord and especially the love that they have for me and the ministry in
India….
When I saw your letter I am so happy and my eyes fill with tears to see the love you all have for me and the ministry here in India. Thanks so much once again.
Please convey our heartfelt thanks and wishes to all the members at Triple C.
Affectionately yours in His ministry,
Victor”
Wow!
Our dear friend Victor is in Heaven now and Suni carries on the work with the orphans and widows with God’s help and with those Victor trained.
So, there’s a tree in the lobby with tags on it. The sari are $40 a tag for three widows and the orphans are $35 each…'Nuff said.
How thankful I am to have the honor of working at a place like C3! To walk through this life with folks like you all! With hearts sooooo big and love sooooo deep for Jesus and His “least of these”, so dear to Him!
And He will never forget what He received for Christmas from you!!
Check this Christmas verse…
“God will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them!” (Hebrews 6.10)
In your heart you can almost hear Him say…
“Gifts for My orphans! And for My widows!
Just what I always wanted!”