Gift Tags to Help Kids Connect Gifts with Worship

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Gifts are wonderful, but sometimes getting stuff is complicated for our insides, especially for kids! I had a random idea to help my kids connect gifts with the ultimate Gift-Giver:

The idea was to give each kid a little present at the beginning of the Christmas season with a tag that featured James 1:17, which says, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” When they memorize the verse, they get the present. On one hand, I get that it sounds like they’re “buying” their present by saying a verse, but my true intention is to give them a strong association with that verse and gifts, so it comes to mind when they open a present. How cool to think “Every good and perfect gift is from above” every time we unwrap something! For more visuals on this, check out this reel I posted on Instagram.

Want the tags yourself?

Compassion

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Compassion

True story: I met a woman who was sponsored as a child by Compassion International, and within minutes of hearing her story, I noticed years of unacknowledged cynicism and suspicion towards missional organizations began to unravel. In an attempt at discernment, I’d become distorted. This startled me, and I immediately began to repent to the Lord for my hard-heartedness! I’d been haughty and arrogant, thinking I’d discerned the hearts of men when only God can do that, thinking I had total command over “my” resources when God’s plan has always been to bless his people that they might bless people. Another problem: I’d been so nervous about and disgusted by saviorism that it prevented me from trusting my Savior. Whew. (More on that another time. This is worth unpacking.)

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