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The Perfect Gift
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The Perfect Gift…
Is there such a thing?

Are you having a hard time finding it?
And having an even harder time defining it?

Honestly, I think that “perfect” part is overrated… and I love gifts.

Here’s Why

The reason I think trying to find the “perfect” gift is so daunting is because it’s fluid. It changes every year. What was perfect last year may not be perfect this year. Otherwise, we’d give the same gifts over and over, right?

Our gifts to one another change as often as we do. Our needs shift. Our desires change. Everything in life is a constant ebb and flow and very little remains constant.

Worry-free Christmas

So, back to this worry-free Christmas idea that we started in yesterday’s blog, I’d like to encourage each one of us to let go of the pressure of finding, giving or receiving that perfect gift. Just let go.

If the person we gift loses love for us based on a material product, could the love actually be that authentic? Aren’t the gifts simple expressions of what’s deeper anyhow?

Perfect Gifts

If we really want to get technical, when James writes to believers about enduring trials and temptations, he actually says that, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows…” James 1:17. It can be argued that the gift he refers to is spiritual, of our new birth in our faith.

What really matters, at the end of the day, is that the gifts that will last come down from our heavenly Father. No need in stressing over trying to give the moon and the stars this Christmas. Give a gift from your heart and call it a day!

Lots of love from LaLa Land,
Naima

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