It really happened....love came down! God's love for us is the only perfect gift we can encounter. As parents, spouses, children, friends...whatever our roles in the relationships God has given us, we can and will fail, for many reasons, to show His perfect love.
I was out Wednesday night to try to finish up my Christmas shopping and I was thinking about all the people out and about...scurrying to find the perfect things for their loved ones. I like to call them "squeal" gifts....the ones I always hope will elicit some kind of audible wow response. I think I have a few this year and that is exciting!
God had a word for my heart and maybe it will touch you as well. There really is not a perfect gift I could give. Even though I love my family and friends dearly, and I think often of how knowing them well leads me to certain gift ideas....my gifts are not able to give a deep lasting joy....they cannot love unconditionally....and they cannot offer anyone a second chance for reconciliation, an opportunity for redemption, or salvation and eternal life.
The gifts I give can only be an expression of the joy I find in God's perfect gift of His son, Jesus. HE KNOWS ME...He knows me so well...HIS gifts are always perfect and timely! If I am HIS child and wait on HIM...I will see gifts everyday in terms of HIS provision for me, protection over me...gifts of HIS pleasure in me...gifts to give me HIS purpose...and sometimes, even reprimands are gifts. I want my eyes to be open to these gifts daily and my heart to accept them willingly!
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