Matthew 7:11
“If you hardhearted, sinful men know how to give good gifts to your children, won’t your Father in heaven even more certainly give good gifts to those who ask him for them?
The things we do to give gifts to those we love. Especially during birthdays and Christmas. Even though I often get back some bizarre, lame or crummy gifts from the recipients of my gifts, I don't mind nor will you ever see me complain.
“If you hardhearted, sinful men know how to give good gifts to your children, won’t your Father in heaven even more certainly give good gifts to those who ask him for them?
The things we do to give gifts to those we love. Especially during birthdays and Christmas. Even though I often get back some bizarre, lame or crummy gifts from the recipients of my gifts, I don't mind nor will you ever see me complain.
I do it every single year. Swamp myself with the stress of ensuring that I get a gift for the individuals whom I plan to show my love. It's stressful and takes up unnecessary brain cells because I don't only spend good money getting the present, I attempt to go overseas to buy something different from what the boring local shops sell. The truth is, I would do it all again and again.
Thus, this verse speaks of the true heart of God. If we who are sinful know how to give good gifts to those we love, what more the God who loves beyond himself that He should sacrifice His only son for us.
This year, with my room cluttered with enough stuff, my new unworn clothes still packed nicely, I don't need anything for Christmas except for God's answer to my prayers. He is after all the giver of better gifts than me.
M.
