(Love: The 4th and final devotional on Advent.)
1 John 4:7-12
(Use the link below to read the verses.)
(Use the link below to read the verses.)
What
was your best Christmas gift ever?
For
me it was a Ford F150 pick-up truck! Never thinking that my wife would actually
do it, I had been bugging Debbie either for a pickup truck, or a Mazda Miata.
Low and behold, there was a full sized F150 parked in our driveway that Christmas
morning with a bow on it.
For
Debbie, her best Christmas gift ever was a diamond ring. Originally it had been
her Step Mom’s engagement ring. When she passed, her Father had it made into a
man’s ring. Following his passing, it sat in our lock box for years until I
took the diamond and had a ring designed especially for Debbie’s Christmas.
Gifts
are an important part of how we celebrate Christmas. Whether it’s as big as a
truck, or as small as a ring, giving gifts to those we love, to show our love,
can be very meaningful.
The
original gifts of Christmas - Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh – were given in love
to the child Jesus; the son of God; the creator of love.
8b…for God is love. 9 God showed how much he
loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have
eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we
loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away
our sins. NLT
Over
2000 years ago, God sent you and me the best gift ever! It’s better than a Ford
F150, or even an irreplaceable family heirloom. The baby Jesus grew into a man
who gave his life so that you and I might live ours. He promised an abundant
life on earth, and life without end in the presence of our loving Heavenly
Father.He is your best gift ever!
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