4 special gifts

my devotion yesterday was based from John 3:16. It was focusing on the gifts that God has given us: LOVE (so much that we can not even comprehend), HIS SON (He gave the gift of Jesus’ life as our example and the gift of payment of our sins through his death), FAITH (the gift that offers a holy hand and shoulder to cry on that will always be there) and ETERNAL LIFE (the greatest gift of all and the gift that we do not deserve or can ever repay).

“If you handpicked a special gift for someone and they pushed it aside or discarded it, I imagine your feelings would be hurt, as would mine. I wonder how God feels when He gives mankind these four priceless gifts and so many choose not to accept them? As we celebrate the holidays, we’ll get excited about presents, even though eventually most of those gifts will be forgotten, broken, or discarded. But God’s gifts never expire, never spoil, never break, and never perish. The gifts of heavenly love, a Savior, faith and abundant eternal life are given to each one of us. We have the choice to unwrap and enjoy them or push them aside.”

a really cool Christmas idea that i found was to wrap 4 empty boxes and on the name tag write each name of the special gift God gave us! Then when you are reaching under the tree handing out presents, when you grab one of these special gifts you can take a minute in all the hustle and bustle to remember 4 of the greatest gifts of all! pretty cool idea huh?