Unimaginable Sacrifice

When you get a gift, do you ever have that urge to give something of equal or greater value back? Either out of gratitude or from some twisted desire to avoid some perceived "gift deficit" where you think you owe someone for having given you something? Most of us feel that, at least sometimes.

So what do you give to God for the gift of life and the ability to become who you choose to be? When the gift is your very life, what is the appropriate reciprocal gift? And what does that have to do with the Unexpected True Story of Christmas?

Find out in today's examination of some of the things that happened not long after Jesus was born. Important things that can (and perhaps should) change the way we approach life from this point forward.