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Pastor Chuck’s 2014 Christmas Countdown Blog #6 – I love Christmas gifts and God gave the best one! For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son... John 3:16 As our kids grew up, I loved watching them open their presents at Christmas. Sometimes they open them slowly and other times they dive right in and rip off the wrapping so quickly you almost miss watching them open the gift. Watching our children's faces and their reactions is one of those things we love as parents. Later on we usually know what gifts they like the best by how much they get it out play with it or use it. I'm sure God is the same way when He looks down at us. He's given so much for us through the gift of His Son, Jesus. He knows when we appreciate His gifts too. He sees our thankful hearts or not so thankful hearts. He knows when we get out His Word and find all those things He's left for us or if we've left them under the tree. John 3:16 tells us that God loved us so much that He gave us His Son. Though His Son, Jesus Christ, we can have so much. Here are some things that we find under the tree just waiting for us to unwrap. Unwrap the Gift of His Love. Have you pulled off the wrapping of the love of Christ and accepted Him as your Savior? If you haven't, that's the first step in unwrapping what God has given us. I'm so grateful that Christ loved us so much that He wants to take us to Heaven to be with Him, but I love the fact that His love sustains us here on earth. Every day I wake up I find the love of Christ. The love of Christ is one of those gifts that we share with others too. Talk about the gift that keeps on giving! And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:19 Nothing can take that gift of love away from us either. Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:39 Unwrap the Gift of Grace. Another thing we can unwrap is the gift of grace. Through Christ we have access to that wonderful grace that's given to us. Not a gift we deserve but because of Christ we can have it.