Focal Passage: Genesis 37:5-8; 18-28
Giving gifts for the most part is just such fun and important. So important, that gift giving is actually one of the Love Languages.
During our early years of marriage, I loved to buy my wife clothes. I knew her sizes. I would walk from one end of the mall to the other looking for just the right things. It was fun and joyful.
The real joy was watching her receive those gifts. Most of the time, it would be something she would never have picked out and maybe not even liked. But she would wear them happily tell anyone who listened where she got them. That was the real gift — the gift of her love. [Read more…]