As we just celebrated the birth of Jesus, giving and receiving gifts are part of it. There are so many mixed emotions with gifts around Christmas time. Most of us get tired of the commercialization around Christmas and our hearts want to get to a simpler version to remember Jesus. On the other hand, we also love to give someone a gift and see their reaction. This year my son had the best reaction after receiving a gift he did not think he would get.

Do you know that is how God is with us? He loves giving good gifts and he is saving the best for last. Even in heaven, God will give us a gift and I am sure God is looking forward to our reaction. The Bible says, “I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it” (Revelation 2:17). God is going to give us a specialized gift of a good name! I cannot wait for that day to finally see what that name is.

I do not know what the name will be, but I am confident it won’t look like the names people have for us or the names that come up for us (stupid, ugly, fat, bad, worthless, or junk). God will give you the best gift of a good name in heaven, but He also will give good gifts now. Matthew 7:11 says, “Your Father in heaven gives good gifts to those who ask him!” I hope you keep asking for good gifts so you can draw closer to Him.