I have mentioned it before but I love getting gifts. Birthdays and Christmas are always two important days in my life. Who could not love getting gifts?

As a child I learned early on that there was never much gained by reading the card before you opened the gift. Do you know what I am talking about? Why read the card - just tear into the paper, throw aside the bow and let's see what we got. That was always my theory that is until my Granny Bell decided to put something in that envelope. Oh yeah, when the green started appearing in the birthday cards then I got interested in reading the funny quotes.

But the cards serve another purpose. They are there to tell you who the gift is from so you will know who to thank at the end of the day. Well I read a card from God today in James 1:17 - "Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father..."

Every thing I have has come from God. So I need not to forget who to Thank at the end of this day.

Prayer: "God, though it may come through the earthly hands of other people help me to remember that I have what I have all because of you.