It’s almost Christmas, time to think about the gifts you will be giving to others and perhaps about the gifts others will give to you. Why do you give gifts? Do you give because you know you’re going to receive, making it an obligation? Do you give because you want to impress someone with your generous and costly gift?
Or do you give because you genuinely love someone and want to bless them at Christmas time? Do you give a gift that will have significant meaning to the one receiving it because they know you put a lot of thought into their gift?
Have you ever received a gift from someone and thought to yourself, “What were they thinking?” Have you ever received a gift and responded to the giver, “Oh, it’s just what I wanted” when all the time you’re wondering what in the world you’re going to do with it.
All of the above serve as examples that in giving or receiving a gift, it’s the thought that counts. It matters not if the gift is great or small, if it is expensive or inexpensive, if it’s useful or ornamental, as long as you know the thought behind the gift was an expression of love.
God’s gift to us of eternal life through the giving of His Son as a sacrifice for sin was a gift that cost God and Jesus a great deal. But what makes it of such great value is the thought behind it. “God so loved…”
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