In the Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge, is a mean and selfish banker who hates Christmas. He doesn’t want to give any money away and doesn’t even want to give his employee the day off for Christmas. But on Christmas Eve he is visited by three ghosts who help him learn a lesson that he needs to be kind to people and be generous with the money he has. It’s a great story about giving. The way Scrooge is described at the beginning of the story is the way I imagine the rich people are who are mentioned in this verse.
The rich are selfish and greedy people who don’t believe they need God because they have money. Those who do need God and who ask for help from him are the hungry, and “God fills the hungry with good things.” God doesn’t want us to be like the greedy scrooge from the beginning of the story, instead he wants us to be the scrooge who has learned to be generous and to not rely on his money but rather on God.
Activity: Read a children’s version of the Christmas Carol and talk about what Ebezer Scroogle learned
Make some Christmas cookies and give some, to someone you know who might be feeling down.
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