Let's face it,
Monday mornings are
well, Monday mornings.
But you know what makes em better?
When you get in the car,
turn on the radio
and it sounds like home.
Happy Monday, folks!
As I listened to 94.1 this morning,
AJ shared the news of Christmas in July.
Because a lot of the retail stores are hurting,
they are promoting another round of
Black-Friday/Cyber-Monday,
but during the summer
This week, in fact.
As it goes with most morning shows,
people called in to voice their humble opinions.
Would you support this?
Do you think this is pushing us to prepare for Christmas
six months in advance?
Or do you think most folks will shop for themselves,
buying things they don't necessarily need,
just because they are on sale?
I started to think about it.
And as much as I love to shop,
the sales weren't what caught me.
It was the Christmas part.
What if we really did spend six months
preparing for Christmas?
What if we spent all year?
(This is where you can feel free to point out
that I'm an over-eager plan-a-holic,
and I DO prepare for Christmas during the summer
by making Christmas cards poolside...)
But seriously...
What if we were constantly preparing for Christmas?
Not by shopping, but by preparing our hearts
for the birth of Jesus.
Holy God as a humbled man.
I listen to DSC every morning as I drive to work. I get the news, the sports scores, and I laugh hysterically at their vibrant personalities and comedy clips.
This morning it was different.
A young 23 year-old girl named Lee called in for help. DSC is by no means Dr. Laura and my experience is that they do not carry the Dr. Laura-type audience either.
Lee has been a new mother for 5 days. She was never pregnant and didn't even adopt. The baby just sort of happened upon her. Through a series of unfortunate events. Lee's sister and brother-in-law recently joined the military together and were both sent off pretty shortly after finishing boot camp. They both died last month, leaving their five month old daughter, Marie, to the baby's grandma. And then last week, the grandma passed away as well.
Marie has practically fallen into Lee's lap. Lee was by no means prepared for this and is really struggling to figure out how to handle not only the deaths, but also her new little bundle [of joy.]
Within minutes of Lee coming on the radio, countless callers rang in to offer their help: Cribs. Costco Membership. Clothes. A Babies-R-Us shopping spree. The overwhelming response made it a little tricky for me to see the road through my watery eyes.
My heart was so full of smiles as I listened to all these people jump at the chance to help this young girl. The little DSC community really pulled through. Now there's just one more reason to listen in the morning.
JackBauerTwentyFour.
