Hershberger, primary author Willard S. Krabill '49, college physician emeritus, Delores Histand Friesen '62, former faculty member Lauren Friesen, Professor of Bible, Religion and Philosophy Keith Graber Miller and Michael Carrera write about sexuality, intimacy, marriage and singleness, sensuousness and the arts, among others. The very fact that someone has given me a gift is a gift in and of itself. Someone thought enough of me to prepare a gift. We enthusiastically and literally tear into a package or gently handle the gift so we will not damage any part of it. Then we discover what a person who cares for us thought would bring us pleasure.
True gifts are pleasurable.
The gift may be something in line with our interests, with a good fit or a pleasing color. It may be an item, event, resource, or word that is so helpful or delightful, and yet we might never think to buy it or be able to get it for ourselves. It may be a humor-packed something that keeps us laughing every time we think of it. The gift might be a thoughtful gesture that can come only from someone who really knows what we are dealing with in our lives. A gift brings pleasure in so many ways.