The gift.

Last night at our Christmas Eve Service, we talked about the gift. How God gave His son to us. Not out of obligation, but out of love and hope. Thinking of all the gifts I give others for Christmas, its not so much what I give them, but how I give it. And how I give love to my family and friends. Is it out of obligation because this is what I am supposed to do? Or is it out of love and selflessness? Because my heart has been molded and matched up to the Holy Spirit's that I can't help but give love? 

"And Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart." Luke 2:19