My True Love

Last Christmas I had purchased a set of coffee mugs with the 12 Days Of Christmas on them for my mom.  Yesterday, they were out by the coffee pot in the morning and six of us grabbed them.  I was the first one to the coffee pot, so I got the partridge in a pear tree.  We sang the song at breakfast and read an article about the spiritual meaning behind each gift.  I don't know why, but I have always thought there was just one gift a day (or I should say, one type of gift)....like one day was the partridge in a pear tree, the next was the two turtle doves, the next day was the three french hens and so on.  I don't know why I have always ignored the AND in the song.  But, the wonderful gifts just add to one another so that each day is a new gift along with all the gifts from the previous days.   My partridge in a pear tree mug symbolizes Jesus....so, the gift of Jesus is given everyday.

We are finishing up our last official Christmas celebration with my parents and brother's family in Indiana and yesterday, after all the girls opened their last present from the elves,  I thought, "Will Christmas even fit in our minivan?"  I am not sure it will unless we are very creative...but, we have a couple more hours to figure that out :)  We are truly blessed to be the recipients of such generosity that we are not sure if the results will fit in our vehicle!  It might end up looking like we are hoarders on the way home for anyone who passes us.

There are a ton of gifts we receive for fun...maybe we don't really need them, but someone thought of us and wanted to express their LOVE in a tangible way...for that I am always grateful!  BUT, the loving gift of Jesus in my life is essential!  I don't know where I would be without GOD'S generous gift of His Son....and, PRAISE GOD!, He is given to us everyday!

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. ~John 3:16-17