Every year at Christmas, I receive lovely, thoughtful gifts
from friends. However, if you asked me what gifts I received, say, three years
ago, I wouldn’t be able to tell you. However, I could tell you in detail who I
talked to at Mary and Dave’s annual Christmas party, which neighborhoods Martha
and I drove through because of their superior Christmas lights, and what we had
for supper the night I taught Ruth and Rocky how to play the game Sequences.
Similarly, if we were to ask God what God wants for
Christmas, it surely wouldn’t be another burnt sacrifice or any other physical
offering, for that matter. Like us, what God values most is spending time
together, enjoying each other’s company and making memories.
As in the tale of the Little Drummer Boy, we are often
tempted to say to God, “I have no gift to bring,” but that’s not true. We can
offer God the most precious gift of all—our time—which is precious precisely
because it is limited. Taking time to be with God during the busy holiday
season is a challenge, but you don’t want to leave God off your gift list, do
you?
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