During this time, we are kept busy as we seek out gifts to give to our loved ones, friends, and those in need. I wish to share a few things for thought today.
THINGS NEVER TO GIVE YOUR WIFE FOR CHRISTMAS:
1. A frying pan, blender, or vacuum.
2. A scale - either for weighing food or her body.
3. Perfume you say you liked when you smelled it on another women.
4. A copy of the favorite recipe your mother always made you.
5. House shoes like your mother wears.
6. A nightgown one size too small, cut to fit some beanpole, made of polyester, with sleeves that are so tight at the wrists they could pass for tourniquets.
THINGS NEVER TO GIVE YOUR HUSBAND FOR CHRISTMAS:
1. Tickets for two to the opera.
2. Stationary
3. Cologne you say you liked when you smelled it on another man.
4. Your favorite CD by Barbra Streisand.
5. A book on managing personal finances.
6. A red flannet night shirt.
Hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!
Now speaking of gifts. I have several stories I wish to share.
No Glass Between
The story is told of a little boy whose family was very poor. He received no gifts at Christmastime, but he spent what time he could looking in the store windows at the pretty things other little boys could have, but he couldn't.
One day he was run over by a car and taken to the hospital. One of the nurses bought him a toy, a troop of soldiers. As he touched them, what do you think he said? "There isn't any glass between!"
Some day we shall see Christ fact to face, with no "glass" in between.
Here is another gift story I think you will enjoy.
There was once an African boy that listened carefully as the teacher explained why it is that Christians give presents to each other on Christmas day. "The gift is an expression of our joy over the birth of Jesus and our friendhsip for each other," he said.
When Christmas day cam, the boy brought to the teacher a sea shell of lustrous beauty. "Where did you ever find such a beautiful shell?" the teacher asked as she gently fingered the gift.
The youth told her that there was only one spot where such extraordinary shells could be found. When he named the place, a certain bay several miles away, the teacher was left speechless.
"Why...why, it's gorgeous...wonderful, but you shouldn't have gone all that way to get a gift for me."
His eyes brightening, the boy answered, "Long walk part of the gift."
How much of us...is in each gift we give?
