At Christmas, we sit around the tree with a sense of expectation. Our hope is that we receive the gifts that we truly want and that someone else gets the socks, underwear, and ties that we don’t really care about. We are blessed when someone gives us something that meets a specific desire, especially if that desire has not been expressed. Good gifts have the power to bring us closer to each other and bring encouragement that lasts a long time.
II Corinthians 9:8 says, “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” God, through His grace, is able to give us every good gift that we have ever needed, we need now, and that we will ever need in the future. Grace is God’s unmerited favor toward us and through grace God author’s every perfect gift for us.
Reluctant Retiree 