Life Lessons from Santa’s Work Shop Lesson One – Believe Gideon, a retired Elf shares some life lessons (over the next four weeks) learned while he worked for the big man, Santa Claus. The most often question asked of me is, What is it like working for Santa? Followed closely by, What is he really like? Working for Mr. Claus is magical, and I’ll share more about that in a later lesson? What is he Really like? People do want to know. He believes the most important instructions are from God and we are asked to accept His love and to spread that love wherever and whenever we can. While I’ve have never known him to endorse a specific religion, or denomination, He does believe that God created the universe and all that is in it. You see, Santa cares less about if you believe in him, but cares more about you believing in God. Some people can be very critical of the commercialization of Christmas over the years, in reality, if the Christmas season points people to remembering the Greatest gift God gave to the world, what can be wrong with that? Every time you celebrate Christmas, should build upon the last Christmas, and that means you should be thinking less and less about yourself and more and more about others, like being kind, sharing love, helping others, and giving gifts. And don’t wait for Christmas to do this, you can do it every day of the year– that’s what Santa believes. At the North Pole there is a bell station, and it is there to be rung if someone is lost or in need of help. On the gold placard beneath the bell there is this inscription: For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:13 #elfgideon #believe #lessonsfromnorthpole #formygrandkids https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqst0OXFNZX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19ep1rvshpvn9