The Last Week of Searching

The other day I got a Facebook update that said, "Out shopping but having no luck." How often do we go in search of the perfect gift only to come up short or clueless? Maybe the problem is that the only perfect gift is the one that God gave us on Christmas day. This year, I have paid particularity close attention to the commercials. I like the Kay Jewelry's commercial that says,"Every Kiss begins with Kay". Then there is the one that has the guy staying home and giving the family lap dog a bath rather that going to watch the game with his guy friends. Then the commercial says, "because you are not that guy" and it tells you to go to a jewelry store to make the perfect purchase. Then there is the Lexus commercial that begins by showing a kid opening the perfect childhood gift of a big wheel. He says,"How can you top this gift". It then fast forwards the scene to the young man as an adult standing in front of his new perfect gift. A brand new Lexus given to him by his wife. But none of those things are really the perfect gift. The perfect gift is the one that came to save us from our sins. He was the incarnated Savior that came as a man but was perfect in the eyes of God. It is through his perfection that we are made perfect. The best gift ever given is so obvious and yet so often gets totally ignored as we go out in search of someone's perfect gift. Maybe the perfect gift to give someone is the love of Christ. Maybe the greatest gift is just being with and around those that mean so much to us. This Christmas offer someone the perfect gift. Offer them the love and grace that was offered by God and is free for all to recieve. Merry Christmas to everyone and may the Savior invade your soul and overwhelm your being with the joy that truily surrounds this Advent season.