My, My, My...Gifts, gifts and more gifts!!!

Merry Christmas! This is the season that we enjoy giving and receiving.  We will all give to and receive from those who are most important in our lives.  The old adage...it is more "blessed" to GIVE than to "receive"...I believe holds true. However, it can get a little tricky with the gift giving.  As our family and friends get older and our culture changes...the gift giving can get a little challenging. What do you get the 13 year-old who has the latest cell phone, tablet and game console? I hope someone understands what I am saying! We are so blessed...we have so much!!!

I don't know about you but I still love the personalized gifts.  I like my techie gifts but the gifts that make me tear up and want to just bask in the joy of giving are the ones that show creativity, thought and a personal touch.  I still have homemade Christmas ornaments on our special mini tree and presents from the school Christmas table (dollar maximum) because they have the heart of the giver at the center.  These are the gifts that remind you of the blessing of giving. We ALL have a few gifts that are treasures because of the giver!

Recently I discovered some gifts that "The Reason for the Season" gives...Jesus gives us some gifts that are personal!  Gifts that He knows we need; gifts that He knows we can't live  without...PERFECT gifts with His personal touch.

Gift: MY PEACE..In John 14:27 Jesus says..."Peace I leave with you, MY PEACE I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." KJV

The New Living Translation reads "I am leaving you a gift-peace of mind and heart.."

RECEIVE IT!

Gift: MY LOVE..In John 15:10 Jesus says..."If you keep my commandments,you will ABIDE in MY LOVE; even as I have kept my Father's commandments and ABIDE in HIS LOVE." KJV

ABIDE!

Gift: MY JOY..In John 15:11 Jesus says.."These things have I spoken to you that MY JOY might remain in you and that your JOY might be FULL." KJV

FULL JOY!

Jesus gives us some very personal gifts...HIS PEACE, HIS LOVE and HIS JOY.  We must receive them. He TOLD us so that we would know.  He gives them because He knows what we have need before we ask...WE RECEIVE because WE BELIEVE!


MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!