Do you ever get excited about gifts? Have you ever received something that just made you think, 'wow, I'm important to them'? How much more is it when you get a gift that there's no reason for--something random not on your birthday or Christmas, etc.? Or especially when you receive a gift that you don't deserve--i.e. a person you stabbed in the back offer their time to help you with a project.--?
What's really neat is that there is a gift to get excited about, especially if you've already received it (I have 12 years ago, and I still get pumped up :))--that gift is salvation through Jesus Christ. What that means is forgiveness of your sins-because we're humans and the lineage of Adam, we have our human nature of sin and need forgiveness of eternity with God. But here's the even cooler part that makes it even more special: it's one of those gifts that there's no occasion for, that is given to you because you're important, and is one we don't deserve. I feel like I pretty regularly make mistakes and have definitely had my share of backstabbing and backturning on God...but yet, when I humble myself and ask Him to forgive me, it's unconditional love and He accepts me. That's legit. So yeah, it's the gift that keeps on giving, and someday I hope to spend eternity with Jesus Christ, who came to earth and lived a life of persecution, pain, and struggle, died a horrid death, and rose again that I might live with Him in Heaven. If that's not something to change my lifestyle for and to get WAYYY excited about, I'm really not sure what is. I hope you'll accept His gift too if you haven't already. (Romans 10:9), (John 3:16),(Romans 8:28).--and if you have recieved the gift, don't forget to rejoice in it!! (Philippians 4:4).
I leave you with a quote: "A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love. Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ risen."-Mother Teresa.
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Hey sister! I really like this. I was just thinking earlier today about how sometimes it's so easy to try to drive home the idea that we are all sinful to help people understand how much we need a savior - and by doing so completely de-emphasize the amazing saving grace of Christ, and then you posted this. AWE. SOME.
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