The Christmas Present

Another Christmas Eve is here, and as I try to get myself ready to head to my in-laws farm for the tradition family gathering, my thoughts turn back to my younger days. Times where thing were so much simpler. A time where presents were shared that had meaning to the person receiving them. The one that comes to mind is the present I would give my dad.

Did you ever get the same gift year after year and treasure it like it was the first time you ever received it. That was my dad, he always looked forward to Christmas because he knew he would be getting a new pocket knife. You see he used it almost every day and would sharpen the blade until it almost to a sliver of its former shape. Miraculously it would last until the next Christmas and then a new one would take its place.

The look on dad’s face was like that of a child getting the toy he had been wishing for. He would take it and open each blade and gadget, turning it over and over, checking it over as if he had never gotten something like this in his entire life. Ever so thankful and always saying “It will be put to good use.”

It is kind of like every year we get reminded of the gift that God gave us in His son, Jesus Christ. But that gift was different and yet the same. Every Christmas we get the gift of the child Jesus, and hopefully put it to good use, spreading the Word to those who need it, using it every day until it seems to be almost gone. Then we are reminded again, and are renewed in the Spirit each Christmas, and a fresh, new sharp edge, is given to us.

This year may the Spirit of Christmas come to you and fill your life with joy, happiness and peace. May it cut into your soul like a new sharp knife, and open your heart to the many riches of the upcoming year.

May you put those gifts to good use, so that those riches may be poured out to those around you everyday.

MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIENDS!