Daily Devotional with Mike Osthimer...these are our gifts!

Our Pastor MIKE always tells a story (sometimes lengthy, God bless the man) in his daily devotionals that i recieve via email! I thought this one was perfect, sweet, and to the point!

using 2 very popular bible versus....he always hits the spot!

Writing:

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16 Thanksgiving has come and gone and the Christmas season is in full swing and though the stores are not full at all this year with shoppers, there are plenty of people out looking for those perfect gifts. I just wanted to pass along a little reminder to you this morning. It was Frans Bakker who once wrote, "A mark of true thankfulness is that we love the giver more than the gifts." Remember, Christmas was never about stuff; it was and is about our Savior. Yes, the wise men came bearing gifts but each gift had something to do with whom Jesus is, it was about the person. Gold is a gift for a King, symbolizing Jesus' kingship. Frankincense is an incense used by priests, thus symbolizing Jesus' priesthood. Myrrh is used in embalming the dead, which prophetically signifies that Jesus was born to die. Keep that in mind this holiday, love the giver more than the gift. "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning." James 1:17
I LOVE YOU!