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TITLE: The Gift Set | Previous Challenge Entry
By Patrick Verbeten
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Ah, Christmas! It’s not just any birthday, it’s the birthday of our King. And yet, amongst the wrapping and ribbons and emptied boxes lies one more gift to be opened. Should I open it? Could it be for me? The present has a simple beauty radiating from it, calling, cajoling to be opened.
I wonder, “What could be in that box? What if I don’t want it? What if it’s not mine?” I could put it on a back shelf in the closet just in case it belongs to someone else and the tag fell off. If nobody claims it, I could always open it later… if I remember.
What if it’s perishable? At least then the smell would remind me I’d hidden it on that shelf. I couldn’t use it, but at least I wouldn’t loose it. O.K., maybe I should open it - at least take a peek. I can always seal it back up if need be.
What’s this… it seems to be a gift set - oh, here’s the tag, could it really be from God?!?! In this box is the paired gift of faith and grace. And to think I almost set it on the shelf. Faith and grace are gifts from God but only if we accept them. This Christmas Jesus wants to give you that same gift. As you celebrate His birthday, go ahead and open that mysterious present. You’ll be amazed at what God has in store for you!
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