Come Christmas, and the business of gifting starts with a bang. I know the excitement one gets when we receive a gift, but I have also seen the excitement and love of people when they give a heartfelt gift.
From their childhood, my children have loved to give something, from time to time. Maybe a piece of candy wrapped loosely, or a drawing made at school, some pastries when they were older. Thier excitement knew no bounds looking at our joy. Even today, they do the same things, surprise gifts, surprise visits and more. Their eyes still shine, and their delight is in seeing the joy of their parent.
As I sit thinking about them and the joy, they bring to us nearly every day, in terms of the love they share, I wonder what God would have felt when He gave us the priceless gift of His son' life? Was He excited that He would save mankind? If I am called upon to gift Him something, what would that be?
Today, the Advent season calls from us a spirit of generosity that is often not seen in our actions during the rest of the year. In fact, there is a song written about this that repeats in the refrain how nice it would be to have Christmas all year long. What else should be present in our lives throughout the year?
As Ms. Francis Taylor so rightly has written -
"Perhaps we need a spirit of forgiveness, a spirit of compassion, a refraining from judging others, a willingness to speak our truth without fear".
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