The TRUE Meaning of Christmas

This year our Sunday School Class (http://hgbcmarriedadults.blogspot.com) had the awesome opportunity to adopt a Christmas family. This family is compiled of a grandmother, mother, and 5 kids (ages 6-16). After talking with the grandmother regarding the needs of her family, we came up with a list of items for each individual. Now this is this first year that our class has done this corporately, so we were expecting a much smaller family with much smaller needs; however, the Lord knew what we could be capable of and the many ways in which we could bless this family. The list of needed items included school clothes, winter coats, shoes, gloves, hats, scarfs, socks, toys, giftcards, christmas stockings, etc. Some people chose to purchase specific items for individual family members and others chose to donate money towards the cause. Well I found out last night that not only were all the needed items met for each family member, but there was a remainder of $500 in donated funds leftover. The remaining money will be put towards grocery and gas giftcards. How amazing is that?!?!?! Our class is not very big, there's only an approximate total of 30 "regular" members in our class, so to experience this much generosity is truly amazing! This family will be blessed so much and the best part is that we all get to show and experience the wonder of Christ's love during this holiday season. This is definately something to praise God for today!