Review: A Christmastime Gem
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2014
I really enjoyed reading this over Christmas.  I appreciated the details of the three gifts from the Magi.  Gold represented the wealth and power of a king.  Frankincense was used in the temple worship of the Lord.  It represents His deity - He is truly God born in human flesh.  Then there is myrrh - a kind of perfume made from the leaves of the cistus rose.  After a a person dies, myrrh was used to anoint the body and prepare it for burial.  So these three gifts to the Holy Child point us to who he is and why he came - His majesty, His deity and His humanity.  I will undoubtedly read this again next December.