Gifts of Hope and Faith
It’s Secretary’s Day and once again, you’re casting about for something to give as a gift of appreciation for all she’s done throughout the year. When the traditional gift of flowers alone somehow doesn’t seem enough, why not add a Christian T-shirt to the mix? Popular Christian T’s are available or can be adapted to suit almost every occasion that requires a gift.
When you give a Christian T, you pass along a small piece of your own belief. Your hairdresser, the women in the carpool, the boy who cuts your grass all need faith, hope, and inspiration. Giving a birthday party for a toddler? Instead of the usual gift bag of small items that usually get strung all over the room, give all of the little men and little women who attend a comfortable Christian T. A baby shower? How about a Christian T for the mother-to-be and an eensy bitsy one for the child to come? For a young, newly convicted Christian, the personal gift of a tasteful Christian T-shirt will say that you share his joy and hail his decision as the best and most important one of his life.
Popular Christian T’s can help you celebrate any number of secular occasions in a worshipful way. Summer, autumn, winter, spring all arose from the Mind of God. Praise Him on the first day of summer with a nature-inspired Christian T; when the leaves turn to rust and gold and begin to fall, praise Him with a Christian T-shirt that affirms this is only the sleep before the renewal; in the spring, choose a Christian T-shirt that will give Him thanks for the rains that renew the land; and in the winter, pick a Christian T-shirt that will tell those who see you that in the midst of what seems to be scarcity and not much at all, you have discovered the Source of Every Good Thing and are not lacking.
Plan ahead. Only God remains the same. Once a year, order a set of Christian T-shirts and get your family and friends together for a group photograph. As your infant grows into a toddler, then into a taller toddler, then into an almost teenager, a teenager, and, at long last, a young adult, keep a Christian T-shirt he wore at each stage of growth; find a local artist and ask him or her to use them in a fabric collage, or choose your favorite to frame as a work of art in and of itself.
Every day, popular Christian T’s are being designed for mothers, fathers, grandparents, artists, readers, even fishermen. Popular Christian T’s can help us celebrate the remarkable events of our lives, the milestones, the watermark experiences. They can inject a reminder of the constant presence of the Lord into any group. For students, the first day of college would be a good day to wear an understated Christian T-shirt just to remind them that they are not alone; the world is big, but they know the Maker.
So much of what we give to others is never used, put back in drawers for a suitable period of time until it can be discreetly given away to someone else or tossed out altogether. On the other hand, a popular Christian T-shirt, chosen wisely, should see good use. Give it with a prayer and a note that says why you chose that shirt. Now, that’s a gift.
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