WHAT kind of GIFTS are YOU giving this year?
What are your gift plans for Christmas? With a family as large as we have now, gift giving has changed. We have 3 daughters, 2 son-in-laws, and 22 grandkids or great-grandkids. We would have to take out a major bank loan to buy presents for all of them. But, we will have some smaller gifts especially for the littles! It bothers me that we can't give a gift to all of them, but it just isn't practical or wise. The reason it bothers me is because giving a gift is a small way to put our LOVE INTO ACTION and GOD was the FIRST TO GIVE A CHRISTMAS GIFT. I just want to follow his lead. God put his love into action. John told us that: "We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters. If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother and sister in need but shows no compassion -- how can God's love be in that person? Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each oth...
