The English language is interesting, isn't it? Try to say the words "presents" and "presence" so that they sound different. I can intone them differently but they don't really sound different. They are spelled differently but I can't make them sound differently.

So, what is the point? The culture in which we live is taken by "presents". I love to receive presents and I love to give presents. [Don't ask which gives me greater pleasure!] The media and advertisers helps, if not insists, that we focus on presents and the society measures our worth by the size or value of our presents.

I am trying to focus on the presents of Jesus - the presence of the Christ in my daily life. Presents are not bad but presence is better. Do I really tap into the presence of Christ on a regular basis? I want to be in the presence of the King of Kings who gives the greatest and best presents of all.