THE GIFT
(This was written about 3 years ago while I was homeschooling my son.

   My son and I were sitting at the table eating breakfast. We were not in a hurry! I had prepared oatmeal and 3 strips of bacon for myself. I had not eaten my bacon yet when my son wanted to know if I would share my bacon with him. I took the whole plate and handed all of the bacon to him. At first, he hesitated; actually feeling a bit guilty that I was going to give him all 3 of my slices. Then, he freely accepted my bacon. I told my son after he received the bacon that he could have refused. He would have missed out on such a blessing as having three extra strips of bacon.
   When this happened, I couldn’t help but think about God’s gift. He sent His Son, Jesus, freely for us because of His love for us to save us from our sins and the wrath to come. He presented His Son to us as a gift. All we have to do is by faith except what He did for us. It is a gift. Our sins have been placed on Jesus, Who died in our place. He took the wrath that we were supposed to receive. Sometimes we hesitate to receive His gift. There was nothing that my son had to do but accept the bacon. He didn’t have to work for it or think that I was going to take it back. Once given, I could not retrieve it back. He accepted it as a gift! We accept God’s Son, Jesus, as a gift. There is nothing we can ever do that will say that we had any part of the presentation of this gift. We just have to receive it!
     A few months ago, I decided to make a will. I am a single mom and my mom encouraged me to get one set up. I have aging parents and to think of what they would have to do to settle my estate would burden them. I made out my will and included all of my wishes. My son will have a home if anything happens to me. I have a trusted friend who has consented to be my executor to settle everything for me. The home, right now, has already been transferred over to my son. There are days that I had thought about changing that decision based off of some of the things he does that may try to upset me from time to time. I mean things to really irk me. However, I know that I couldn’t do that. It is already in writing. He is my son and will receive what I have writtenthat he should receive. The lesson I got is that God is never going to take His gift back. It IS written. According to Him,

IT IS DONE!
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!