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The GiverWhat can you say about a God who would spend eternity planning to interrupt time with the gift of His redemptive love? It’s not like He hadn’t tried a thousand times before the Nativity, tried to reach into the lives of those He created, tried to show them the way back to Him. They’d listen sometimes, too, and follow for a while, until things got too good and they didn’t think they needed what He had to offer anymore. He knew what He would do all along, of course. He knew that giving the children of Israel His law would only serve to show them how far they’d fallen, and how they could never really be redeemed by the blood of goats and lambs. He gave them the law as a gift, but it was purposely incomplete, like giving a beautiful new car without a key or a platinum setting minus the perfect center diamond. We tear into gifts on Christmas Day as if we’re missing something, as if the Father hadn’t already given us everything pertaining to life and godliness when He gave us Jesus, as if we still need something…else. My heart is breaking this Christmas. I am close to so many hurting people, and it makes me sad that the one gift Who makes all the difference is often the Only One left untouched. When you finish with the opening of the season’s bounty, when you’re gathering up the leftover debris of paper and ribbons and bows, take another look around the room to be certain you didn’t miss something…or Someone. There, in your child’s eyes, in your mother’s voice, in your friend’s smile, you just may find Him once again. What can you say about a God who spent eternity past to give you the Christmas present of His Son? There is none like Him.
Posted by Katy on 12/14/06 at 02:47 PM
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