No Gift Wrap Needed

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here.  The tree has been up for a couple of weeks now.  The decorations are all in place.  We had a little snow overnight. And we finally have some gifts under the tree!

One of yesterday's tasks on my to-do list was wrapping the presents.  Or at least to begin the process of gift-wrapping.

I got started on that task after lunch, and now there are presents under our tree.  And there are presents still to be wrapped.  And there's a list of those last minute little things I still need to pick up.  And there's quite a mess at Gift Wrapping Central aka the guest bedroom! 

Not all gifts go neatly into a box or a gift bag.  Some have an awkward shape.  Some are over-sized.  Sometimes gift wrapping can be a challenge!

In just a couple of weeks, I'll be receiving one of the gifts I'm looking forward to the most.  The kind of gift that doesn't fit neatly under the tree.  In just a couple of weeks, I'll have my family here.  Sons, daughters-in-love, and grandsons.  What a gift that will be!  No gift wrap or fancy bows needed.  Just having them here, and hearing the sounds of love and laughter, the sounds of family, that's a wonderful gift, one I will treasure!

There's another gift - the Best Gift - that can't be contained in a box or a bag.  One that can't be limited to a space under a tree.  A gift not wrapped in pretty paper and tied with a fancy bow, but a gift wrapped in Heaven's love.

This gift was the greatest gift that the world had ever known;
God`s love in the form of a little child from Heaven`s throne.
Such joy, such hope sent to earth from above -
This gift, God`s greatest gift, wrapped in Heaven`s love.

 

 

That gift - that Best Gift - is Jesus!

 

 

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."  (John 1:1, 14 ESV)

 

"We are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus."  (Romans 3:24 ESV)

 

"See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God."  (1 John 3:1 ESV)

 

That's a gift worth celebrating!  And no gift wrap is needed!

 

 

Listen to Point of Grace sing This Gift here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXNvdWVLe2A