A little girl used her mother's expensive gold wrapping paper to wrap a
present; but money was tight, and the mother was upset that her daughter had
wasted the paper. Nevertheless, the girl brought the gift to her mother and
said, "This is for you." Though embarrassed by her earlier reaction, the
mother became upset again when she saw the box was empty. "Don't you know
that when you give someone a present, there's supposed to be something
inside?" With tears in her eyes the girl said, "Oh Mama, it's not empty! I
blew kisses into it until it was full." Crushed, the mother fell to her
knees, wrapped her arms around her daughter and begged for her forgiveness.
From that moment on, the mother kept the gold box by her bed to remember the
unconditional love of her child.
God has given us an infinite amount of His unconditional love. Just as the gold box was a reminder of a child's love for her mother, the Word of God reminds us that our Savior loved us even unto death. Let us never forget this truth and always strive to love as God loves.
The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer . . . To God as well as to those whom God has given you to love. Henri J. M. Nouwen
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