What's in the Box?

This holiday season, I've hesitated to blog early or heavily. I think I've been trying to wrap me head around a lot that is going on. I've been thinking about gifts and giving and this metaphor of a gift, and this gift we give each year at Christmas, and this gift in a way is us, or the experiences and memories we create at Christmas.

I've heard a lot of conversations on how we wrap this gift.

We wrap this gift in a variety of things. Some wrap there gifts in fair-trade, some wrap there gifts in Advent Conspiracy and take back Christmas from over consumption. Many wrap their gift in the patriotic flag of spending to stimulate the economy.

What we wrap these gifts in is a wide gamut of shine-y, new, impressive, profound, deep,relational and authentic. We've wrapped our holidays with a variety of trappings, and yet in moments we may still feel as if somehow we're still missing the meaning of Christmas.

The question that I've been asking myself lately is what is in the box? Do we fill the box with desire to give more and spend less? Insecurities to overspend and incur debt to impress or give to disillusionment of superficial "love".

What is it do we put in our box?

Maybe that's the problem.

Something is in our box. It is occupying that space, and in turn is not allowing space for others.

Maybe to have a more meaningful holiday season this year, the best thing to place in our box is nothing.

Should our gifts be empty to be filled by Christ's love. Should they be empty to allow room for others who may be different?

I guess if your wanting a fulfilling Christmas, wrap it in the best way you see fit, and make sure there's enough room in your box to be filled.