And really, all through the pages of this Christmas letter we call the Holy Bible, there s this consistent picture of a God sending down sleighful after sleighful of Christmas gifts, hoping to establish a relationship. And you see, there we have it. He wants to live with us and be our King. And He invests everything, He gives first, in the hopes of establishing that relationship. A gift given to the entire world, for the purpose of making that first overture, that first outstretched hand toward friendship.
Salvation is like the sunshine.
It belongs to the whole world. Maybe you have a next-door neighbor who s just always stayed on the fringes of your awareness. Oh, you kind of give them a wave when you pull out and head off to work. In fact, you do know their first name. Get a gift for that neighbor, maybe a favorite book that s blessed your life this past year.