One of the reasons they were giving gifts was that the Bible says, “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35). So, instead of Christmas being just about getting gifts, it was important to give them, too.
For several years during high school, this author struggled with a heavy feeling of pointlessness, which seemed to overshadow everything. Then she had an insight that brought her into a different, light-filled view of existence.
The practitioner had been speaking to my husband about his status as the pure child of God, and this helped him regain his self-respect. My husband found for the first time that he could feel God’s power and love.
I began to appreciate an increasing number of beautiful spiritual attributes that we each possess—as well as the fact that we are loved and cared for by God. I felt more and more grateful and less and less impressed by the discordant physical condition.
