This year’s gift?

To the editor:

This year’s gift to give to you,

Has no ribbon, wrap or bows.

There’s no box or tissue to discard.

There’s no “dust collector” to show.

This year’s gift I give to you,

Can be kept and given away.

It’s something that you can’t leave,

But take wherever you go or stay.

This year’s gift I give to you,

It’s a wonderful eternal treasure.

I received it quite a few years ago,

I happily regift it, with pleasure.

This year’s gift I give to you,

Will not wear out or become tattered,

For it was given for us all.

Only the love, not the pain, ever mattered.

This year’s gift I give to you,

May have already been received,

But we can have more and more,

Because we admitted that we believe.

This year’s gift? The love of Jesus Christ.