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I gave up gift-giving last Christmas for pecuniary reasons. Simply, the occasions for gift-giving (birthday, baby, new home, graduation, wedding, just because) multiplied beyond my proverbial means. Although the occasion of greatest significance, Christ's birth seemed the least personal reason for giving gifts. Making the decision even easier is the matter of the "least of these". Matthew 25 and Isaiah 58 are pretty persuasive in detailing what God wants from us. Celebratory gifts without a lifestyle of justice are worse than empty to Him.
Enter Advent Conspiracy partnering with the International Justice Mission. The message of this video is not that gift-giving is atrociously evil but rather that we should strive to be intentional with our gifts. What is more beneficial: possessions or time? Luxury for me or justice for someone else? These are daily decisions magnified by the manufactured generosity of the holidays.
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