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Well I can hardly wait until we get to heaven so that we can see Him fully face to face because now we see in a glass darkly and we make all kinds of presumptuous statements about who He is and how we should act. I only saw Jesus get angry one time in the Scriptures where He started a fight and wanted to kick some butt -that is when the sellers were defiling God's temple and ripping off the people. So I really can't see Jesus duking it out with the big fat guy over a holiday that we created to celebrate His birth. The concept of Santa was once in the spirit of the true Christmas- selfless giving, which we now have also perverted into one full of greed and selfishness. (please don't anyone try to tell me about the history of the holidays and how they came about, I am well aware of this history that they were replacements for pagan holidays. I am not trying to start any argument over how Christmas came about)

Secondly the Father gives us free will to allow us to choose but desires that we would choose Him and His ways in all areas of our lives. Being a Christian doesn't mean that we are boring, dry, and dull. Being a Christian is full of life, light, and fullness. He desires to be King and Lord of our lives- so should we tell Him that only certain areas of our lives are set apart for Him and the rest is off limits? That makes us the little god who sits on the throne of our lives. I also dont feel that we can dictate to others and punish them for their walks or decisions...that will be left up the to the one and only Judge who is fair and knows each of our hearts more intimately than we know them ourselves.Only He can be the one who says that we have idolatry in our hearts. One day we all will live in His kingdom and it will be glorious. We have glimpses throughout the scriptures of what that life will be like and it is nothing like what man has tried to do here on earth.

You seem to have a lot of sarcasm and I really don't know you, so it is hard to know if you really believe or feel the emotions behind the words you have written. I do know that God created us in His image and gave us an incredible creative mind. So I don't believe that He wants us to be mindless robots. I believe that He enjoys watching the creative energy and thoughts that His creation come up with, just like I enjoy watching my own children grow and learn. I believe that we have barely tapped into what He has for us and the best is yet to come! Just like all the prep I did to make Christmas great for my kids -- I can hardly wait to see what He has in store for me .

Mary