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He knew me before I was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I keep coming back to that line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not because it sounds poetic, but because it\u2019s unsettling in the best way. If it\u2019s true, and Scripture doesn\u2019t hedge here, then it changes how I understand everything else. It means my life didn\u2019t begin as a coincidence that later acquired meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I ponder the question what is the greatest gift someone could give me<\/em>. I realize that God has already given me the greatest gift(s) which I could receive. He has given me, besides Himself, something whose value isn\u2019t complicated. It\u2019s not something I had to grow into or earn. It isn\u2019t even something I remember receiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s my life.
Given at conception.
Wanted before it was visible.
Known before it was named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because being given life is one thing. Being wanted into life<\/em> is something else entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I had a personality. Before I had opinions or accomplishments or failures. Before I could disappoint anyone or impress anyone. Before I could choose anything at all. God said yes to my existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That wasn\u2019t a backup plan. It wasn\u2019t provisional. It wasn\u2019t \u201cwe\u2019ll see how this turns out.\u201d It was deliberate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when I really sit with that, it reframes the way I think about Christ, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He didn\u2019t come into the world as an idea or a symbol. He entered life the same way we do. Conceived. Carried. Born into dependency. Exposed. Vulnerable. He accepted the whole structure of human life from the very beginning, knowing exactly where it would lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s not abstract love. That\u2019s costly love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Epiphany only makes sense in that light. God doesn\u2019t reveal Himself from a safe distance. He reveals Himself from inside the human story, starting at its smallest and quietest point. A child. A life. A beginning no one would call impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yet that\u2019s where everything turns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If my life was given intentionally, then it isn\u2019t fragile in the way fear tells me it is. It can be wounded. It can be shaped by things I didn\u2019t choose. It can be tired. But it is not accidental, and it is not disposable. And neither is yours.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That realization doesn\u2019t inflate the ego. If anything, it steadies it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t have to prove that my life matters. I don\u2019t have to perform meaning into existence. I don\u2019t have to justify why I take up space in the world. The foundation was already laid before I ever arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little ole\u2019 me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not in a minimizing way, but in wonder. That God would choose to begin something eternal through lives as ordinary and unremarkable as ours. He entrusted His own entry into the world to a fragile beginning. It is the same beginning He gives to each of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So maybe the greatest gift, besides Himself, isn\u2019t something separate from Christ at all. Maybe it\u2019s the way He mirrors His own coming in our own beginning. Life given freely. Life given knowingly. Life given without guarantees of how it will be received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That kind of gift carries responsibility, yes, but it also carries dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It means my life isn\u2019t something I need to defend or constantly evaluate for worth. It\u2019s something I\u2019m meant to tend. To live honestly. To steward well. To allow it to be shaped by the same light that once rose quietly in the world. And still rises quietly in human hearts. So does yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Epiphany is coming. The revealing of Christ to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But today feels like a threshold moment. A pause before recognition. A reminder that before revelation comes gratitude, and before gratitude comes the simple acknowledgment of what has already been given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life.
Known.
Wanted.
Held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long before I ever knew how to ask for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And maybe that\u2019s where seeing truly begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily writing prompt<\/div>
What is the greatest gift someone could give you?<\/div>
View all responses<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Some gifts arrive quietly, before we know how to ask for them or even remember receiving them. This reflection pauses to consider the first and greatest gift already given, and what it means for how we see our lives, and each other.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":132804860,"featured_media":11765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Some gifts arrive before we know how to ask for them or even remember receiving them. 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