Why This Christmas Is Extra Special to Me

Discover Christopher Markowski's heartfelt Christmas epiphany as he reflects on faith, humility, and seeking guidance from God. Through personal stories and scripture, he shares a newfound appreciation for Christmas, emphasizing its deeper meaning beyond traditions. Learn how turning to God for direction can open new perspectives and lead to a more fulfilling life. Merry Christmas from The Watchdog on Wall Street! www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Watchdog on Wall Street podcast explaining the news coming
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investment banker, consumer advocate, analyst, and trader Chris Markowski.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
My Christmas epiphany as most of it my blisters. No, okay,
practicing Catholic and I talk about holidays and religion here
on the program, and it's Easter has always been my favorite,
I guess because basically the way I, I guess, saw

(00:38):
God and saw Jesus is you know, there to came to,
you know, save me from my sins. And you know what,
Easter quite frankly, is all about Christmas. To me, like
Christmas just as much the next person. I again, I
uh not watching the Hallmark channel. Yes, I decorate, you

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love getting together. And I kind of saw Christmas as
you know, one of us for you know, a holiday
for the kids. And you know againd of enjoyed it
a great deal when obviously I had younger kids and
getting them presents and all of that, and I, you know,
never never really thought about it too much until this

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year I had a I guess, my own little Christmas epiphany.
And I've talked about this before. I see, you know,
I see say your prayers, and I sort of, you know,
ask for wisdom, asked to be a better person. The
next day, He's basically what I asked for because I
always saw, you know, God, faith, you know, you know,
how dare I ask for anything? Quite frankly, because there

(01:43):
are people that are you know, much much more in
need than I am. And I'd never say I'm not
going to take up bother God or waste his time
with anything that I may need, or quite frankly, just
even asking for advice and direction. And I kind of say,
that's that's a really arrogant position to take on. And

(02:12):
this year I kind of I changed this year in
the sense that you know, I've talked about it before
here on the program where you're going to ask God
and it goes to a reading in Matthew I talked
about last weekend on the radio show. And come to me,
all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will

(02:33):
give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn
from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls, for my
yoke is easy and my burden is light. Yolk is
it's something they use to put on oxen to drive
them take my yoke. And it's interesting the word easy

(02:55):
in this for my yoke is easy because this original
was in Greek the word crestos, which also means kind
or good. So what is what is he saying here?
He's saying that if you follow his direction, you you
when you have you've hit a wall. Okay, you don't

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know what to do? Ask, ask for advice, ask for advice,
to prayer. What what should I do? Give me guidance? Okay,
and you'll be led in the right direction, you know.
Whereas basically I've you know, spent my entire life saying, okay,

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you know what this is. You know, I'm going to
ask to be smarter, I'm gonna ask to be brighter,
I'm going to ask to be a better person. Forgive
me and all that stuff. I didn't get the whole thing.
And you know what I've learned. And again is advice.
You can take it or not. It's you. You're actually
able to get a lot more accomplished. And again it's

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it's some people. Again, it's it's a it's a man thing. Too.
Where you're h you're always trying to solve problems, and
our arrogance think that we know everything. Well we don't.
And there's nothing wrong with asking God and using, as
you know, for his advice on anything, on anything. And

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I I guess I'm not talking about, Oh, you know,
I want to be rich, show me to be No,
that's that's not how it works. You know, point me
in the right direction. What is the right choice? You know,
And you'd be surprised. You want to call it divine intervention,
call whatever you want. You ponder these things, you think
about things, You start to see the world a little

(04:49):
bit differently. It opens up a lot to you. And yeah, again,
I'm you know, mid fifties now, and uh, you know,
I'm still learning and starting to get it to a
greater degree. So I have my new found appreciation for Christmas.
You know, God so loved the world, he gave his

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only son, And it's not just about forgiving our sins
and dying for our sins. It's guiding us, guiding us
and pointing us in the right direction. Merry Christmas, everyone.
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