{"id":1215,"date":"2015-01-01T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/2015\/01\/01\/after-christmas\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T15:38:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T15:38:00","slug":"after-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/after-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"After Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The after-Christmas blog can be one of the hardest to write of the year because we\u2019re all kind of coming down from all the season brings. It\u2019s not uncommon to draw a blank when it comes to this post.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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But today they played a song on Kinship Christian radio I had not heard before. It\u2019s called \u201cChristmas All the Time\u201d by Jason Bare and the words say it better than any post I could write. <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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(I could not find the official lyrics online, so I transcribed these directly from the song. My apologies to Mr. Bare for any errors I may have made.)<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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As I\u2019m walking down the street,<\/o:p><\/i><\/span>
<\/span>I hear the bells of charity. <\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>To the man in red and white,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>I give my change tonight.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
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There\u2019s a family at my church <\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

<\/span>and the father can\u2019t find work,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>So I give them food to eat <\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>to get them through the week.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
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There\u2019s something about the season,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

<\/span>that makes us care a little more,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>and give more than we had before.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>There are so many reasons,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>to make this happen all throughout the year.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
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I want to love everywhere I go,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

<\/span>I want to touch a heart that needs hope.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>Let the savior of this broken world,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>live through my life.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>And let me love, let me love,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>Like its Christmas all the time.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
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In a cardboard house they lay,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

<\/span>men and women hope and pray,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>for a warmer place to sleep.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>On a snowy Christmas eve,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>in the shelter line I stand,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>serving those who need a hand.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>And  <\/span>like the gifts the wisemen bring<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>I\u2019m giving everything.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
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There\u2019s something about the season,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

<\/span>that makes us care a little more<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>and give more than we had before.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>There are so many reasons,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>that we should do this more than once a year.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span><\/p>\n

I want to love everywhere I go.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

<\/span>I want to touch a heart that needs hope.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>Let the savior of this broken world live through my life,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>and let me love, let me love,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>Like its Christmas all the time.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
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This baby born in Bethlehem,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

<\/span>taught us how to be a friend,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>to the least of these along the way.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>We need to find a need and meet it,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>find a hurt and heal it,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>share the Christ in Christmas every day.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
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I want to love everywhere I go,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

<\/span>I want to touch<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>a heart that needs hope.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>Let the savior of this broken world live through my life.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>And let me love, let me love,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
<\/span>like its Christmas all the time.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i>
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Today\u2019s Praise <\/o:p><\/span><\/b>
<\/span>We love because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19 ESV)<\/o:p><\/span><\/b>
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 <\/span><\/o:p><\/div>\n

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 <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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