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RECYCLING
By Rhonda Rhea
December 29, 2010

Does anyone else still have Christmas gifts that have never been used--
gifts from Christmas 1983? It's a little guilt inflicting, isn't it?
Would any of us admit to Chia heads that remain fuzzless? How about
salad shooters that have yet to launch a single veggie?

Not to add more guilt or anything, but who among us would dare admit
how many of our furless pottery heads and dead vegetable bazookas
we've slyly slipped into the garage sale bag? If you're a Chia lover
or you have a need for a salad bomber, try making the rounds to a few
garage sales as soon as summer hits. If nothing else, you could snatch
up Chia-shooters galore to give away next Christmas. Some people skip
the garage sale middle man and recycle their own unused gifts the next
year.

Keep in mind that gift recycling can get a little tricky. I have a
friend who this year received from her mother-in-law the same Clapper
she bought for her recycler-in- law the year before. Imagine a Clapper
that's been mailed across the country. Twice. That we know of! I think
the thing may have more frequent flyer miles than I do! It's the
Clapper
heard round the world.

Still, there really are gifts that are at their absolute best when
they're recycled. Each one of us has received a gift of ministry.
First Peter 4:10 doesn't leave a single one of us out when it says,
"As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good
stewards of the manifold grace of God" (NKJV). Each one of us! When
we're not recycling those gifts the Father has given us, using them to
minister to others, we're not being good stewards
of his grace. It's eternally more wasteful than any hairless Chia.

Let's finish out the year in service to him. What a great ending. Even
better than "clap off"!

(adapted from I'm Dreaming of Some White Chocolate by Rhonda Rhea
(Fleming H. Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand
Rapids, MI), 2006.

"Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts." Colossians 3:15

Rhonda Rhea--Speaker, radio personality, humor columnist, author of
the fun books: Amusing Grace, Turkey Soup For The Soul--Tastes Just
Like Chicken, Who Put The Cat in the Fridge, and I'm Dreaming of Some
White Chocolate. Watch for High Heels In High Places In 2007. www.RhondaRhea.
net. Event planners, go to www.FindRhonda.com

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