The perfect gift...

This is another of the prayer experience stations from our gathering a few weeks ago. The other two I've posted so far can be found here & here.

"What can I give Him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb
If I were a wise man I would do my part,
Yet what I can I give Him,
Give my heart."
~Christina Rossetti

Priscilla Shirer tells a story of her two young boys sitting around the tree one Christmas morning, surrounded by all of their new toys and gifts. Her husband, trying to have a spiritual moment, asked the boys why we celebrated Christmas.

Her older son answered, "Because it is Jesus' birthday."

Her youngest looked at the gifts all around him and replied, "Am I Jesus?!"

We know we are not Jesus. But perhaps we have fooled ourselves into thinking this season is about us, about what we will be getting or giving, about how we will decorate, or about the juggling of all of our social obligations. At the very least, our attention is divided as we run busily from one Christmas event to the next, and spend time and effort trying to find the perfect gift for everyone on our list.

Spend some time in silence, pondering the Gift of Christmas. Ask God to reveal to you something you can give Him for Christmas. Perhaps you will be giving up something. Or perhaps you will be committing to do something for Him or one of His children. Maybe you just need to carve out the gift of time. Perhaps there is something He has been asking you to give for a while now.

What better time to give yourself to Christ than on His birthday, the day He became the most important, perfect Gift we will ever receive?