Gifts From God

The image of a parent giving “good gifts” (v. 11) to their children gives us a foretaste of how God wishes to give to us. “I thought about how God is waiting with anticipation and excitement to give some things just like I am. He might not give them in the time we want—my kids want to open presents every minute of every day until Christmas, but they aren’t allowed until it’s time. He might not give the exact gifts I thought I wanted either. My son would love some of those $500 Lego sets but that isn’t going to happen. No matter how much he desires it, that is not something that would be good for him or our budget. But here’s the thing, even if the kids may not get the gifts in the time they want or the exact gift they think they want, I am excited to give to them. And they will love them, maybe even more because they had to wait a little while” (Hannah Morrell, “Good Gifts,” Broken and Hopeful [blog], December 23, 2016, https://www.brokenandhopeful.com/blog/2016/12/23/good-gifts).