“GIFTS!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 764

December 2, 2025//

Two presents lay under the tree. One was wrapped in ugly brown paper and had no ribbon or bow. The other looked bigger, was wrapped in beautiful gold paper and tied with wide ribbon of silver with an enormous bow on top.

You get to choose! Which one would you pick up and unwrap?

If you choose the one that looks perfect, you will find inside earthly stuff that will never satisfy. You will find a life of striving to have all that you can get no matter what the cost.

You will find a life of looking good on the outside but empty in the depths of your innermost being.

The outside of the box promised all you would ever want but is filled with disappointment because the devil is a liar and tempts and fools those who go for the temptation, but his promises are false.

The huge house, the successful career, the kids you never spend time with. A house that is not a home and a life that is a struggle and prompts the question: “what on earth am I hear for” and leads to trying to fill the desires you have with all the wrong things, becomes a lifestyle.

But the person who chooses the one that is ugly on the outside finds inside the most complete gift of all time. A relationship with Jesus Christ who was born in a stable, laid in a manger and celebrated by Angels and announced to Shepherds watching their sheep by night.

The rest of the City and Country were trying to find what would satisfy in the deception of the beautiful box.

To those who unwrap the rejected box, they find all they need. When they receive the gift Jesus came to give, every need is supplied on the inside and in each day! life lived in the world where this gift was crucified but defeated even death to give those who choose what looks like less fun, maybe sacrifice, or being rejected by others, is abundant life.

The rejected box gives Peace that the world cannot give and the Joy that gives us strength, and a relationship with God the Father and guidance for every decision in our lives!

Some may open both boxes and look to see what they want. The flesh chooses the glitter and glamour, which is a lie and temptation of the pretty box. But the true awesome, amazing, and truly beautiful gift came wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger but is King of Kings and Lord of all and gives us all we need.

WILL WE CHOOSE LIFE, THE BEST LIFE BY RECEIVING THE GREATEST GIFT EVER GIVEN??

John 3:16–17 (KJV) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Luke 2:11–14 (KJV)

¹¹For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. ¹²And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. ¹³And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

¹⁴ Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, Good will toward men.

May the Truth that this precious Gift, was born on a starry night to young Mary and Joseph who both had said yes to the call to be parents to the greatest gift. The gift of real life. The gift that will never stop giving.

My desire for this season of celebration is that each of you know true life in Jesus.

John 14:6 (KJV) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:

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Father, thank you for a relationship with you through Jesus Christ that cannot be bought or sold but is the safe place of our life, the peace and joy of our heart and will satisfy us from the inside out. The Gift that never runs out. The Gift that changed the world, the Gift of Jesus and I pray in that glorious, wonderful name. Amen!

Choose Jesus! Love, MeMaw!