For day 2, Collins talks about looking at our Christmas gift shopping as a blessing rather than a duty. He encourages us to look over our list and add to the top someone who isn't on anyone else's list, to shop for those less fortunate. He cites Matthew 25:34-40
"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
For this tip of the day he encourages us to pick a person off an Angel Tree at the mall, or buy a gift for Toys for Tots, or for our church to adopt a family for the season.
Tonight I am headed to the mall and the Angel Tree!
Merry Christmas!
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