THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS
I was visiting an elderly woman recently. While there she asked me to get a box of letters from her dresser. As I was getting the letters, I saw a beautiful quilt in the drawer. When I asked about the quilt she said I could take it out and look at it. What a masterpiece! She told me her grandmother had made the quilt as a wedding gift years before. When I asked her why she did not have it on her bed, she said, “Oh, it’s too beautiful to use.” I thought it sad that she felt her gift was better hidden in a drawer — preserved — rather than used. Today we are immersed in gifts and gift giving. We gather to celebrate the greatest gift of all time — the gift of God’s Son. What did this gift cost the Father? How do we show appreciation for it? Do we make use of God’s tremendous gift or…
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