Gift Wrapping

Christmas gifts from my friend Ggie, an art director, are always exquisitely wrapped. The ribbons are tied uniquely and the wrapping papers match or complement the ribbons. She painstakingly spends time wrapping each and every present she gives away. 

“How a gift is wrapped is just as important as the gift itself,” she says. “From the wrapping alone, the recipient will know how you value him/her.”  

Friends and family who receive gifts from Ggie carefully unwrap them so as not to rip or ruin them. They usually keep these wrappers for re-use at another time. 

If wrapping is that important, it makes us think of the wrapping that Jesus  chose when He came on Christmas as a gift to save us from our sinful selves. 

As God almighty, He could have wrapped His coming in a splendid show of splendor and power, lighting up the sky with His presence in mind-boggling  grandness. 

He did the reverse. “Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form . . .” (Genesis 1:26) 

Why would His wrapping be such? 

Being like us, He could relate to and feel our struggles. Like mortals, He experienced deep loneliness, betrayals, humiliation, and false accusations. In this wrapping, we could “. . . come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.” (Hebrews 4:16)

It is the most exquisite Gift of all time! 

Reflect and pray: 

The humble, human wrapping of Jesus as man’s Gift on Christmas is as important as the Gift itself.

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