unwrapping your gifts

by Alyssa Byrd December 15th, 2020

SEASONS GREETINGS STAND OUT SOSIETY SISTERS! WE ARE TEN DAYS AWAY FROM CELEBRATING KING JESUS’S BIRTHDAY!! ARE YOU EXCITED? I KNOW I AM. THE ATMOSPHERE IS SHIFTING TO COLORED LIGHTS AND SONGS OF JOY. OUR SPIRITS ARE JOLLY AND OUR HEARTS ARE MERRY! SOME OF US ARE DOING LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING FOR OUR LOVED ONES JUST TO SHOW THEM YOU CARE! 

WELL JESUS IS SO AWESOME THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS HIS BIRTHDAY, HE HAS SUPPLIED YOU WITH MANY GIFTS! AND HE WANTS YOU TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE! HERE IS HOW YOU CAN TAKE PRACTICAL STEPS TO UNWRAPPING THOSE SPECIALLY MADE GIFTS JUST FOR YOU!

1. GRATITUDE

UNWRAPPING YOUR HEAVENLY GIFTS STARTS WITH A HUMBLE HEART OF THANKS TO JESUS! THANK HIM IN FAITH FOR ALL OF THE GIFTS HE HAS GIVEN YOU (THE ONES YOU ARE AWARE OF AND THE ONES YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF!). THIS IS A GREAT EXERCISE OF YOUR FAITH AND PLEASES GOD VERY MUCH!

2. DETERMINATION

BEING THAT YOUR GIFTS COME FROM ABOVE (JAMES 1:17), IT TAKES YOUR DETERMINATION AND EFFORT TO USE IT FOR GOD! THE MORE YOU PRACTICE STEP ONE, THE EASIER STEP TWO WILL GET!

JOURNALING YOUR GIFT REVEAL CAN HELP YOU SEE A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY! AS THEY SAY, “HINDSIGHT IS 20/20!” AND JOURNALING IS A FORM OF REFLECTION!

YOU CAN TAKE NOTE OF YOUR HOBBIES AS WELL! THAT CAN ALSO SHOW YOU SOME PRACTICAL GIFTS THAT YOU WERE GIVEN.

3. JOY/EXCITEMENT

GET EXCIIITEEEDDDD! GOD HAS MANY TREASURES AND GIFTS WITHIN YOU THAT HE IS WAITING FOR YOU TO UNLOCK (ISAIAH 45:3). YOUR GIFTS ARE SPECIAL! JOY WILL KEEP YOU FROM STAYING DOWN IN FRUSTRATION IF YOU DON’T SEEM TO BE UNWRAPPING YOUR GIFTS AS FAST!

4. TRY SOMETHING NEW

WHEN EXPLORING YOUR BEAUTIFUL UNIQUENESS, KNOW THAT IT IS AN ADVENTUREEEE! KEEP TRYING NEW THINGS! BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU WILL HAVE A TON OF NEAT LITTLE TALENTS THAT WILL SURPRISE YOU!

MERRY CHRISTMAS Stand out society!