I remember one Christmas when I was about 8 or 9 years old. Dad pastored a church. It was in the gentle country of Ohio. I was to sing for the Christmas program that year. We had luminaries lining the walk and snow was on the ground. It was our yearly candlelight service that night. That had come to mean so much to me. The wind was blowing and it was cold. Snow was falling outside. Everyone gathered in the warm little church and found a spot to sit down for the Christmas program that year. I remember getting up when it was my turn to sing and sung:

What can I give Him?
What can I give Him poor as I am
If I were a Shepherd I would give a lamb,
If I were a wise man I would do my part,
But what can I give Him, I’ll give Him my heart.

What I simple song. Yet what a beautiful meaning. I am now eighteen years old. And just the other day as I was looking in the mirror fixing my hair singing that song I had a sudden thought cross over my mind. “Have I given Him my heart?” I stopped singing the song looked back at my reflection and asked myself silently the question again.

Yes I gave Jesus my heart when I asked Him to save me from my sins. But have I given Him my whole heart? Ask yourself that question. Do you think of Him during the day? Do you delight in reading His word? Do you find joy when talking with Him? Do you make time in your busy schedule for Him? Are you willing to give up everything you have for Him? Think of the most valuable thing that you have in this world. If you did not have that would you still love Him with all your heart?

These questions I am asking myself continually because I know I need help in this area as well. I need to always be asking myself these important questions. Many times I get distracted- thoughts going off in other directions and not delighting in Him alone.

Maybe you could ask Him what He would like you to do today. Talk to a relative this Christmas about Jesus. Ask them if they know for sure, they will go to heaven when they die. Or maybe it’s something else–just let Him tell you. He will.

This Christmas I am going to get on my knees before Him and say “God here is my gift to you- my heart”. Who else could have your heart that is more worthy of it?

Make Him the most important thing in your life. What an awesome thing if young women all over the world this Christmas said those sweet words to the Lord. So if you’re looking for a gift this year, I believe that’s the gift He really longs for. Will you pray that prayer this Christmas? I will. Let’s pray that together.

That pretty, simple song, the song I was singing when I was just a small girl in that little church, one cold December evening, never rang so clear to me as it did this year.

“What can I give Him?
I’ll give Him my heart.”

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