Dad's Love

All Satisfying God, forgive us for making your good gifts a substitute for You. We are so prone to mistake the portrait for the person. Satisfy us with yourself...

John Piper, Pierced By The Word, page 20.

I hope and pray for our family as we celebrate Christmas that we would not mistake the gifts for the giver. I pray that our children and immediate family would see people whose lives have been distinctly marked by the birth of Christ, and a people whose highest joy is a closer walk with their God and Father, only made possible by the birth of this baby. Then I pray that our very next desire would be to love others by sharing this joy with them. This is our holiday afterall, and He is the point.

This is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

John 17:3