I often get asked at work as part of “small talk” (polite conversation about unimportant or uncontroversial matters, especially as engaged in on social occasions.) “Are you ready for Christmas?” The shock in their faces is priceless when I answer yes even as early as November. Then they bust out in laughter when they realize I haven’t bought a single gift. Their next question is always undoubtedly, how can you say you’re ready for Christmas but haven’t bought a single gift yet.

Recently the Lord gave me a Word for his people for a Sunday service. To be honest the Word God gave me I applied to my life first, as He reminded me to Count my Blessing and name them one by one. We as believers know we should be doing this everyday but we tend to forget sometimes as life happens and we get beat down, dragged and enticed with other seemingly important things. In my sermon one of the points I emphasized was on keeping the right perspective in our lives.