“Follow the money,” was the memorable quote from All the President’s Men. An unnamed source suggested to Bob Woodward that the key to understanding the Watergate mystery was the money.
At the end of that path were reasons to be cynical.
But change the idea slightly. Refocus on “follow the gifts” … and we find the key to understanding the mysteries of life.
At the end of this path are reasons for unending gratefulness.
Follow the gifts. They are the path to the spirituality we were made for.
Every human gift comes with faint echoes of all that matters.
A disciple of Jesus wrote that the source of all good gifts is God. But which of all the gods, or religions, or faiths is he… or she? The answer is life changing. The One who gives gifts.
The one true faith is the one rooted not in what we do for God… but in what God has done for us. True worshipers in turn are those who are willing to receive the gifts of God… paid for at God’s expense…
What does that mean? What could be a meaningful cost to the God who has everything?
What did it cost God… to be born as one of us?
Did Mary’s baby cry when he was born? If so did that cry have anything to do with the price he would pay… to buy the good news we would eventually hear… that God is offering us gifts… at his expense… that we could never repay.
Could that be the answer? Follow the gifts… to the only true God… and to the only real source of Joy to the World…
PS… Because of the Christmas sentiments that came in last night I’m going to bring the last few forward that were posted under “The Wonder of the Magi”…
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