Dear all of Us,
I have a heck of
a lot more trouble
choosing Christmas gifts
than God does.
Then again,
and ever so clearly,
God has more than a bit of
an advantage in the matter.
However, I am catching on
as I go on.
God has this way of choosing
just what someone needs,
can't get, and gives it.
It could be to overcome a problem.
It could be to launch life anew.
It could be to equip for excellence.
It could be, well God has
a delightfully infinite way of gifting
"When you Care Enough
to Send the very Best."
(even Hallmark picked up on it)
God does not sucker into
the faux folly of showing off,
trying to score points,
commercialism faking as gift.
God doesn't give Grandma
a $200,000 pink Lamborghini.
Good thing.
She'd run it up a tree
first time out.
Grandma has gotten
fragile and needful.
God gets Grandma
an understanding,
skilled and kind caregiver
just right for her
and it puts Grandma
back on the map.
So, we more than
take a cue from God.
We see what
another needs,
can't get,
we have
and can give?
There it is!
We don't dress up
in a Santa outfit,
but we all are
God's Gift Givers
at Christmas
and all year round.
So we gift
as other needs,
as we are able:
forgiveness
companionship
encouragement
support
we clean Grandma's house
we give free lessons
to needy kids -music,
cooking, carpentry,
chess, computer...
we have the
cranky neighbor over
we wrap a single parent
and children
into our family
we pitch in at
Habitat for Humanity
we cook dinner
once a month at
the homeless shelter
we take care of a child
after school
we "as needed, as able"
GOD GIFT
We catch on and go with
God's Giving.
God checked us out.
Saw that we were
fumbling-falling-failing.
God gifted.
God spoke a WORD.
That WORD became flesh
and moved in with us.
Just what we needed.
Emmanuel -
God in person
Love Incarnate
Truely human
Truely divine
so we could be too.
In that GIFT we
GIFT
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Special Greetings
to the large group
of folks from
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gathering with us
this past week.
You know, basically
our whole spiritual lives
are getting in on gifting -
God's to us,
Ours to each other.
"GO GIFT!!"
Love to all,
John Frank
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