Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Gifts

What doth it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon him, and he receive not the gift?
It's not about how the Lord feels: He makes it about us.
Gifts are not designed to transfer earthly possessions: 
they are supposed to bind giver and receiver together in love.
The benefit of the gift is not contained in the gift: 
there is so much more in building the relationship.


No giving as a "social obligation". 
No more "gracious" receiving and then focusing on the gift.


It is about the relationship.