[Repentance is] consciousness of spiritual poverty dethroning pride, a sense of personal unworthiness producing grief, a willingness to surrender to God in genuine humility, and a strong spiritual desire developing into hunger and thirst, enter into the experience of one who wholly abandons sin and heartily turns to Him who grants repentance unto life (Byron Dement).
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THE TRADITION OF GIFT GIVING AND OTHERS

This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series The Perfect Gift

The Perfect Gift

MOST PEOPLE DON’T
REALIZE THAT
THE TRADITION OF GIFT
GIVING GOES BACK TO THE
WISE MEN WHO BROUGHT GIFTS
FROM AFAR TO THE NEWBORN
JESUS. 

  THE CHRISTMAS TREE IS     
ALWAYS AN EVERGREEN THAT    
 SYMBOLIZES THE PROMISE     
    OF ETERNAL LIFE.

THE PRACTICE OF CUTTING IT
DOWN AND PUTTING IT BACK
UP AGAIN EMULATES JESUS’
DEATH AND RESURRECTION. 

         THE CANDY CANE IS       
    FASHIONED AFTER A       
    SHEPHERD'S STAFF,       
 SHEPHERDS WHO WITNESSED    
   THE BIRTH OF JESUS.

THE WHITE AND RED COLORS
SYMBOLIZE BOTH THE PURITY
AND THE BLOOD OF
JESUS’ SACRIFICE.

A CHRISTMAS WREATH IS A RING
WITH NO BEGINNING OR END.
A SIGH THAT IT IS ETERNAL…
JUST LIKE GOD.

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