Looking for Christmas Signs?

“Yes, we’re looking for Christmas signs.”

Check out my latest post on my other blog: “Through the Looking Glass: Christian Reflections.”

http://aharvestofmiracles.blogspot.com/#!/2013/12/looking-for-christmas-signs.html

The Gift Reveals the Giver

A priceless, beautiful gift, a divine mystery

“Behold, children are a gift of the Lord.”  Psalm 127:3

What do you think of someone who gives you a nice gift? Usually your opinion of that person goes up. You appreciate the gift and the thought behind it. Sometimes we give a really nice gift, a very expensive one, to those we love the most, but for those who are not so close to us, we tend to buy a token.

What would you think if someone gave you a scorpion for your birthday, in all seriousness, what thought would be behind such a gift? What kind of person would do that?

We don’t earn gifts. They are given in love by people with a generous heart. What did you do to earn your children? Did you create them? Was it your genius who designed their bodies and personalities? Did you chose yours? No, children show all the qualities of an extraordinary gift, one which we neither make nor  chose.

Judge the God-the-Giver by the gift He gives us in children.

And “thank God for His indescribable gift!” (II Corinthians 9:15), another glimpse of an extravagant God.