Gift ideas…

 

Gift ideas…

When my husband and I were first married, we had little money…both of us were going to college, my husband working as well in the Nevada Bureau of Mines, part time…although our living expenses were low, expenses added up…we had to be creative when birthdays and Christmas came around…One year we made various candies for family and friends….another year, we made pinecones soaked in select chemicals which in turn caused the cones to burn a variety of colors(all of our families had wood stoves or fireplaces)….etc…

One of my grandmothers, crocheted potholders for everyone(I still cherish those) as well as made homemade wild blackberry jam for all the men(she worked year around to get ready for Christmas, there were lots of children and grandchildren)…

Now, we are facing the same creativeness…

Gifts given in the Word started in Genesis…from the first, God gave gifts…life…care…fellowship…

Abraham’s servant took gifts while looking for a wife for Isaac…people brought gifts to build the build the tabernacle in the desert…the wiseman brought gifts the child, Jesus…

The greatest gift is Jesus, given so that all who believe might have eternal life…

Jesus, who in turn, gifted believers with the Holy Spirit…who gives spiritual gifts…truth, counsel…

We have a God who loves giving gifts…eternally…it behooves us to give as well…ourselves, monetarily, time, gifts we make or buy, resources…Giving Tuesday arrives quickly, Christmas is coming, the end of the year is coming, birthdays, missions, worthy organizations of all kinds…lots of opportunities….

Thank YOU ….

 Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor.

Gen.24.10

 And he brought into the house of God the sacred gifts of his father and his own sacred gifts, silver, and gold, and vessels.

2Chr.15.18

  Many seek the favor of a generous man,and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

Prov.19.6

 And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

Matt.2.11

 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Matt.7.11

 Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

Luke.21.1-4

  “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John.3.16

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

John.4.10

 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts.2.38

 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

Rom.5.15-17

 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

1Cor.12.4-7

Never Once…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFD6_SWamLQ

Gift going  ideas and directions…

https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/holidays-celebrations/gifts/g33416427/diy-christmas-gifts/

https://www.thespruce.com/creative-diy-christmas-gifts-5192778

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/gift-ideas/g1266/handmade-gifts/

https://www.ehow.com/how_5905_make-colorful-burning.html