What is a gift? When I looked it up in the dictionary, gift is defined as: something voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation. I have been given so many gifts in my life, but there is always one that is far better than anything I have ever received.
On this day every year, we have the opportunity, almost responsibility, more than any other day to be thankful for something. That something being life, the life of Jesus. This is the ultimate gift! What person would give up everything of comfort and perfection to go somewhere dirty and corrupted, all to one day die for the people? No one in their right mind would say, “Sign me up, I’ll trade this for that!” However, one man did. Jesus did and would come to earth as a baby, to grow up and experience the world just like we all do. He would not die like the rest of us, no, he would be brutally beaten and crucified for each and everyone of us. He would carry all of the shame, guilt, depression, sickness, and sin with him to the cross. DO WE EVEN FATHOM THIS?!
I know most of the time I do not even comprehend what that means. I cannot comprehend a love like this. The love that Christ demonstrated for 33 years of his life, and the love that embraces every one of us is unfailing and unchanging! Where would I be without the true love of God? Looking back, I know I would not be where I am today. This year more than ever, I have experienced what this day, Christmas is all about and what it celebrates. It celebrates the gift of life, not only Jesus’ life, but the life we all posses. A life God has given us and allowed us to live. I thank God that I have chosen to live a life that is worthy of His calling. He has truly changed my life and allowed me to see what this, what Jesus’ life and death are all about . . . saving a world in desperate need of a SAVIOR!
