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“This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” (Luke 2:12)

Post by Alisha Miller

One year for Christmas, my grandmother gave me a handmade quilt. It was white and purple and beautifully sewn. I thought it was a nice gift, but I already had a blanket she had made me years before so I just put it back in the box, and put it away for safekeeping. That blanket stayed in that box for years and years, and I eventually forgot that it even existed. It wasn’t until I was cleaning out the linen closet that I found it tucked away. When I opened that box up, the memories came rushing back to me. She had passed away years before, and I missed everything about her.  That quilt became more than a gift; it became a reminder of her warmth and the way she always made me feel so deeply loved.

The greatest gift of all came wrapped in a way no one expected—a baby in a manger. Jesus, the Savior of the world, didn’t come with fanfare or royal robes but with humility. In the same way, God often places incredible blessings in our lives that we overlook because they don’t match what we expect. This Christmas Eve, take a moment to reflect on the “ordinary” gifts in your life—family, friends, health, even quiet moments of peace. These might be the very things God is using to show you His love. Just as the shepherds had to look past the humble wrapping of the manger to see the Savior, we, too, must look beyond the surface to find God’s extraordinary gifts.

Prayer for the Day

God what are you  showing me?  What am I going to do about it? 

God help me to see one person that I can serve through a kind word, random act of kindness, or simple gift today?

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Read: Acts 28:1-10

Once we were safe on shore, we learned that we were on the island of Malta. The people of the island were very kind to us. It was cold and rainy, so they built a fire on the shore to welcome us. As Paul gathered an armful of sticks and was laying them on the fire, a poisonous snake, driven out by the heat, bit him on the hand. The people of the island saw it hanging from his hand and said to each other, “A murderer, no doubt! Though he escaped the sea, justice will not permit him to live.” But Paul shook off the snake into the fire and was unharmed. The people waited for him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But when they had waited a long time and saw that he wasn’t harmed, they changed their minds and decided he was a god. Near the shore where we landed was an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and treated us kindly for three days. As it happened, Publius’s father was ill with fever and dysentery. Paul went in and prayed for him, and laying his hands on him, he healed him. Then all the other sick people on the island came and were healed. As a result we were showered with honors, and when the time came to sail, people supplied us with everything we would need for the trip.

Read:Revelation 21:15-27

The angel who talked to me held in his hand a gold measuring stick to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. When he measured it, he found it was a square, as wide as it was long. In fact, its length and width and height were each 1,400 miles. Then he measured the walls and found them to be 216 feet thick (according to the human standard used by the angel). The wall was made of jasper, and the city was pure gold, as clear as glass. The wall of the city was built on foundation stones inlaid with twelve precious stones: the first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. The twelve gates were made of pearls—each gate from a single pearl! And the main street was pure gold, as clear as glass. I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. And the city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light. The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the world will enter the city in all their glory. Its gates will never be closed at the end of day because there is no night there. And all the nations will bring their glory and honor into the city. Nothing evil will be allowed to enter, nor anyone who practices shameful idolatry and dishonesty—but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

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