"Are you steaming?"

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Last month I told you a story about my doing an interview with a Detroit area radio station and how the announcers did the weather forecast just before I came on the air. The forecast called for a chance of snow.

The Tigers were playing in the World Series at the time and so I asked one of the announcers if the Tigers were going to win the series in the snow. He said, "The only difference between rain and snow is about one degree." I encouraged you to do a little thing that makes a big difference.

I got a lot of great email about that story. One person wrote and sent me a link to www.212movie.com. It’s a powerful movie that’s similar to the story I told. It depicts how water becomes steam as its temperature moves from 211 degrees to 212. And how that one degree of difference can then power a steam locomotive which pulls heavy loads and so on.

Check out the movie. It’s great! And remind yourself that God calls you to do a little thing, something that makes one degree of difference in someone’s life as you prepare for the new year.

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"Do you have any gifts to exchange?"

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Three sons were discussing their Christmas gifts for their mother. The first said, "I built a big house for our mother." The second son said, "I sent her a luxury automobile with a driver." The third son said, "You remember how our mother enjoys reading the Good Book and now she can’t see very well. I sent her a remarkable parrot that recites every chapter and verse. It took the elders twelve years to teach him. Mama just has to name the chapter and verse and the parrot recites it."

When the mother wrote her thank you notes, she wrote to the first son, "The house you built is too big. I live in one room, but have to clean them all." To the second son she wrote, "I’m too old to travel and the driver is rude." To the third son she wrote, "Thank you so much! The chicken was delicious!"

So do you have any gifts to exchange? Whatever you exchange, make sure you keep at least one gift—God with us.

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"So what presents did you open this morning?"

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Designer pants from a name-brand store? Another pair of blue socks and a white shirt? A green lamp?

Really, what did you get? Did you find any peace on earth, good will to all people as you tore open your presents? As you carefully saved that gift bag, did you pull out a single candle to light in the curse of darkness?

As you shook that big package to see what it was, did you hear any songs to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony?

Or, was it just another pair of designer pants from a name-brand store, pair of blue socks, a white shirt, and this year’s big novelty toy in a pear tree?

May I give a gift to you right now? May God bless you with peace and good will, joy and harmony today and for the rest of your life.

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