How the Grinch Stole My Heart
For most of us, the Christmas season and cheer is long gone; but even still, while reading this verse I was reminded of the movie “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”. Dr. Seuss drew us this picture of a man/creature who was so unhappy with his life, that he would stop at nothing to ruin others. He quenched this with so much passion that he even tired to ruin Christmas! His greed was so blinding that he would stop at nothing to take away other peoples joy. We do this in our lives sometimes, without ever even noticing; some are just trying to move up the corporate ladder, others are just selfish and their greed has become such a part of their everyday lives that they don’t even notice. But by advancing our lives through greediness, we are subject to losing ourselves in this sin. We will become so overcome with this, that our life will be taken away. This is why we are warned against such things in proverbs, let us be ever mindful of our deepest motivations and may we only desire the things of the Lord.
In this story we see what happens when someone is picked on and humiliated as a child. These effects would then reroute this child’s life, he would grow up to be a mean and unloved/unloving person. I think we do this in our own lives, I believe we steal pieces of people’s heart’s every time we slander or “mutter” about them. Some of us are even bold enough to take it to a physical level and to show our dominance over them; so that everyone knows that we are the Alpha dog. We tell our young boys that if someone picks on you then you should punch them and show them who is boss, but little do we know that we are changing the victims life forever. Proverbs actually says that we are taking away the life of that person! So instead of us teaching this paradox to our children and culture, we should reflect and ask ourselves do we really want to Christmas for this person (so to speak).
Great post Chris, this is something I’ve been guilty of, growing up I had nothing and was always made fun of because of it when I was old enough to get my own, I got greedy and did whatever I could not just for the basic needs but for more. I lost my sense of worth and my security lied in those things. My relationships suffered because of it too, with God and others. Then one day I lost it all and I fell apart, not until I turned to Jesus were my sense of self and other relationships were healed. Now here I am again, everyday it seems something I have of only material value is lost, but now I won’t fall aprt, now I have a clear head, and relationships, and i know I’m found in Christ. That is where my true treasure lies.
thanks!
…and I need to add that Its someting I have to deal with everyday
so that last paragraph wasnt really supposed to be their
My last paragraph, if so, yes it was really supposed to be there, I have to constantly remind myself of the truth, there’s always so much coming at me telling me otherwise and I have to fight it everyday
no my bad joy the 2nd paragraph in my devotional wasn’t supposed to be there it was a rough draft that I thought I deleted…