Ahhhh...time to settle down and enjoy our family, our friends, and, of course, our gifts. The rush and the excitement is over for Christmas 2009. And with it goes the anticipation of the gifts...
On television shows, in movies, in books, in plays, on the internet...everywhere you hear about children looking forward to opening their Christmas gifts. Pictures of wide-eyed children tug at our heartstrings.
Let's not kid (ha!) ourselves, though! We adults have just as much fun in expectation of our gifts! We are all child-like at Christmastime.
Sometimes I believe the anticipation is just as good, if not better, than the actual gift. When we ask people their most favorite gift ever received, they often cannot be specific or even remember. What if we were to ask next: "But you do remember anticipating gifts very year?" I imagine the response would be almost a unanimous and resounding "YES!"
At the beginning of all my treatments I was told: "This road is a ribbon on a gift yet to be opened.". I am anxious to see this gift - for I believe this gift will reveal the purpose of my illness. The ribbon is slowly being unfurled and I am catching glimpses of the gift. I am that wide-eyed child.
I recently read somewhere that the greatest thank you that you can give to someone for a gift is to enjoy the gift. It is my intent to fully enjoy this gift God is giving to me - whether the ribbon on it is long and rough and tattered or short and simple.
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