Rules for Gathering - Audio
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We've been in a series for Christmas called Christmas Wisdom where we've been well, you know, Christmas is a tough time, especially for adults, kids don't know how it's what it's like, kids think it's all just fun and games, but behind the scenes, it's a crazy time, the worst times of the year. And so, you know, I just was tired of that and so I was like, you know what, we just need to have a simple plan to take care of all the problems that we have at Christmas. And so, we've been doing that. So, the first week was like, oh, I have a hard time being happy at Christmas, no problem. We went to the Proverbs, we came up with a foolproof step-by-step, three-step plan to fix all of your happiness problems. The next week, we dealt with a big one, managing the drama, all the craziness that goes on in your family. I was like, gosh, my family's nuts, how do I deal with that? We went to the Proverbs, came up with a step-by-step, three-step plan, foolproof, no ambiguity, no questions anymore, now all my family drama is gone. Last week, we talked about stuff, presents, gifts, money, came up with a three-step plan, looking at the Proverbs, no ambiguity, fixed all of our questions, all of our confusion, all of our upset and stressfulness about money taken care of, you're welcome. Now in the next day or two, chances are you will be a part of some kind of gathering, a bunch of people coming together, some friends, some family, maybe both. And you might be wondering, does the Proverbs, you know, do they have like a plan for making sure this isn't a disaster? Like is there a way to the right way to host gatherings, is there some teaching there? Yes! And I have compiled it, developing a foolproof, three-step plan to fixing all of your hosting problems. First I thought I'd make you a little bit jealous. I took a picture of our house, show you our decorations, yeah. Yeah. See that's what a real Christmas decoration looks like. If you're not close to that, well you should be ashamed of yourself. Yeah, it only took me two hours, amazing. No, I'm just kidding, that's not our house at all. Because somebody, not me, not us. In fact, sometimes the insides are amazing because Aaron takes care of that. But the outside, every year the kids are like, "Well Dad, you did okay, but why do all our neighbors look better than us?" It's part laziness, part lack of creativity. But that's a big deal though, you know, you're hosting parties, people are stressed out, you know, you've got to make sure that everything's awesome. In order to do that, I've been told that the key is to go on Pinterest, which is an app. And Pinterest is on your phone and your computer and I've never used it, but apparently it has all of the stuff that you ought to do for Christmas to make sure that your party is, you know, the hippest and the coolest and the craftiest. So I've compiled a few things that you might want to, these are called Pinterest fails. This is what's going to happen, you're going to see it on Pinterest and then you're going to try to accomplish it and there's a major difference. Do we have the Pinterest fit? Yeah, that's number one. I don't know, I don't know why anyone would want to make an art, like an art string balloon,
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Do the Proverbs teach us the right way to host gatherings?