Santa Claus Covid Confessionals

Christmas Smiles and Tears: Santa Claus Covid Confessions

Like many of us, Santa has had a rough year.  And he needs our prayers.

God is gracious enough to provide friends like Santa to help us through our rough patches.  Yet, do we ever stop to thank them?  When what we get isn’t what we wanted, are we patient with them?

When they snap at us, do we snap back at them?

We all know how much Santa loves to be around people and to make them laugh. However, the quarantine and social distancing has clearly frayed his nerves somewhat.

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Take your place as God’s Gift to Christian Women!

Yes! You! You are not just another guy, or a product of chance! It’s true. When you surrendered your life to Christ, He began a good work in you, and will keep on completing it until the day of Jesus Christ! (Philippians 1:6).

Christian Men: If you are married, stand up boldly in your marriage as the man you truly are! Or, if you’re single, walk into church as you truly are: God’s gift to Christian women!

David Faris, God's gift to Christian Women

This is not something you chose for yourself. You might think of SO many other guys who would do a better job of filling these shoes of responsibility which so desperately need to be filled.

But no one else stood up… So the shoes stand empty, ready for you to fill.

Those shoes are powerful. They brought me all the way to Africa, doing His work in one of the poorest countries in the world. I was in Chad during the Darfur Crisis. Our town got attacked by rebels, and taken over. But, because Christian men like you prayed, we stayed while others evacuated. And through it all, God did amazing things among us.

Don’t play it safe

But for me, somewhere along the way, I stumbled. From 2017 to just recently, I stopped believing the truth about the work Christ did in me. Like when a camel saddle is not packed correctly, I had to stop, and get things back in order.

I spent serious time repenting, healing and learning to stand again. Then I laced up my shoes, and started to walk again.

After a few miles, I realized, in my despair, that I had lost my family along the way.

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