Today's topic is "wrapping paper." I always try to have a very specific variety of wrapping paper at home. These include snowman or winter theme, ornaments, something that represents my faith, something that can be used as birthday paper in a pinch, and Santa. I think I might be a bit OCD about the wrapping paper.
There are a few more shots in the collage above that need explaination. The snowman on the right is an empty shoe box that was wrapped the year that Angelica was in a skating program. It was a prop that she used. It brings a smile to my face every year so I can't bring myself to get rid of it.
Bottom center is a box that was wrapped in a variety of papers that were left over from a Girl Scout event. We wrapped gifts in a patchwork pattern for years just trying to use all of the leftovers up.
The blue one in the center is a close up of the paper that represents my faith that we currently have.
Top center is a box that Miracle filled and wrapped for me the Christmas she was four. It has never been opened and always goes under my tree. I am a bit sentimental.
Top left is the most important box that goes under our tree each year. It has been wrapped in that paper since 2001. Each year, we take some time out to decide what gift to give to Jesus. It is often the ugliest part of ourselves, the thing that we most need for God to change. Then we open the box and read the gifts we gave to Jesus the year before. It is a reminder of how much we have grown and how much God has brought us through. It is a gift given to Christ, but ultimately a gift for ourselves as well.
Wrapping paper is just something to decorate a box and hide what is inside, to make a pretty presentation but much like us, the outside isn't what matters. The gift inside is what is important. Jesus knows that and He chose so very long ago to come to earth as a baby knowing He would ultimately die a gruesome death. God was willing to do all of this so that we could spend eternity with Him.
