I hope you and yours enjoy some sweet time with your family as you think about the birth of our Lord and the Ultimate Gift. Enjoy this post from a few years ago, and you’ll hear from me again in the new year. Tomorrow is the last day I’ll be raising money for Exodus Road, and I’d love it if you’d consider giving.
It was Christmas morning. We sat on the floor surrounded with crumpled paper and presents watching our then one-year-old daughter squeal and clap over her gifts. The tree twinkled on and off while out of the corner of my eye, I saw our then four-year-old son, Colin, climb onto the couch wearing his coveted new gift – a Superman cape.
Before my head could even fully turn to look at him, he lifted his arms and launched his small body up and out through the air. As quick as he jumped, he fell to the floor – flat on his stomach. I gasped and moved, in motherly instinct, to check on him, but he was standing before I could reach him. With hands on his hips and his eyebrows furled, he stared at us in disbelief and said, “This thing doesn’t work.”
We still laugh over the memory of that Christmas morning. Kids and adults alike wake up Christmas morning full of expectation. We hold our breath hoping the gifts we’ve selected are the right ones. Our hearts quicken as we unwrap the ones marked for us, wondering if our loved ones heard our subtle hints for particular items.
But there is a gift that always works. It never needs batteries, and it’s one size fits all. It’s the gift of Christ. He is the ultimate gift for anyone on your list. So, as you prepare for the oohs and ahhs of Christmas morning, add just one more present under your tree. Give Christ away this Christmas.
But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 NIV