For this Christmas, it took me awhile to decide what to give my family and friends. Due to my college budget, I don't have much to offer when it comes to gifts. Also, I've always felt that more personal gifts are so much better. So, I've decided to write a letter to everyone I love to tell them just how much they mean to me. Now, why would I blog about this? Well, first I just felt like talking about it, which happens pretty often because I like to talk about things even if they aren't so interesting. Mainly, however, I just wanted to talk about two things I've learned in the process of writing the letters.
1) It feels good to take time to think about each person in your life that you love as individuals. It really is beautiful that God carefully thought about how and when to place them in your life and what impact they will have on you. There are reasons why people are in and out of our lives at certain times. God chooses the perfect time to place them there. Sometimes we ask ourselves why we couldn't have grown up with a friend we become closer to when we are older. Think about it this way: if we started life with everyone we were going to love already in our lives, how would we grow and change with the fluidity of our relationships? We become the person we are intended to be because of how we follow Christ in various situations and relationships.
2) Because I'm writing a letter to each person, I find myself paying extra attention to the things they do that I appreciate. I want to include every possible thing I am thankful for about that person in their letter, so I really have started to notice how special each person really is to me.
Anyway, it has ended up that writing these letters is a great way for me to appreciate my friends and family as gifts from God. I highly recommend it.
Merry Christmas!
Hope it's not meant to be a surprise :/ oh well, the internet tells all
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