Today’s Thought “Imposing Philosophies” G.Ward

“One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.” Romans 14:5

In America we celebrate the many television commercials that accompany our favorite programs. Many would love to think of themselves as impervious to purchasing the item(s) represented. Moreover, they boast on never succumbing to the monotony of the holiday season by limiting their spending to a certain amount. That implies that the commercial’s intent was to solely exploit the commercialization of its product only for the month of December vs., attacking one’s subliminal conscious for every season represented. Let’s offer a brief test. When or if considering the purchase of fine jewelry, who might you consider? Yes, Kay, Zales or Jared, here you come! It’s because they’re the preponderant messenger for jewels. Now some of you are so entirely rebellious that you’ll name some mom or pop operation just to prove me wrong; but all I have to do is follow you home to see a plethora of cleaning products to view adherence to this kind of messaging.

More important to enact, is a responsibility towards impacting others (in this month) whereby most are particularly vulnerable to the expression “tis the season to be jolly…” We can do this best by purposely engaging them on how they plan on keeping the Christ (preeminent) in every portrayal of gathering and gift exchange. Furthermore, our prefacing this potential dialogue must first introduce our course of action, by admittance to prior failure in doing what’s best. Happy Monday!