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Snubbing God’s Christmas Gift

John 1:11 He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. Have you ever had to reject someone’s gift? Perhaps you went to a silly gift exchange where people wrapped up crazy gifts to exchange. You open the gift and everyone laughs at you . . . that is great fun, right? I remember the joy of Christmas shopping for my family as a child. It was difficult. We did not have much more than ten dollars and we had to get a gift for so many folks. Not many items in the mall were less than $10 a piece. A dollar a person is not easy . . . except that the mall had a dollar store – a great help to three young brothers. Once our uncle ended up with a toilet plunger. And that was not at one of those silly gift exchanges – that was the real deal. Some folks just don’t appreciate a practical gift . . . our uncle didn’t mind. Another special gift from the three boys was when we all chipped in to get my mom a Christmas caroler. She collected these Christmas decoration dolls made to loo