What a precious gift has been given to us.
I have been thinking a lot lately about all the gifts that Jane and I will give to our children and grandchildren. We are very blessed to be able to give so generously and we have taken advantage of that ability. God has blessed us in so many other ways also and we are very thankful. The act of giving a gift is so important in our Christian culture. We see it in the giving of a gift from our God of His only Son. Our entire faith is based on the act of giving. To give something to someone else says that you love them. God gave us His Son. He poured His love out upon earth and blessed us with the opportunity for everlasting life. His gift was not some material thing that will wear out or tear up or be outgrown with time. It is love forever. Give the gift of love to someone else in this world and you may be giving the gift of everlasting life. Love is what it is all about. Giving love is the only way we can example God’s gift to ourselves. Remember John 3:16, For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. Great words of great gift giving. Kind of makes our gift giving look small and insignificant doesn’t it. Small maybe but not insignificant. Our gifts to the world of love are how others hear about the great love gift God has given us. Give good gifts to the ones you love and give better gifts to them and to the rest of the world. God loves you very much, remember the birth of our savior, the life and the death, and the resurrection. No better gift can be given to anyone than for you to share your faith with those you love and those in the world you live in.
Have a very Merry birth of Christ Day and may God bless you and keep you,
Randy
Wesley United Methodist Church, Orange TX 
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