This devotional is our final submission for the 2025 Advent/Christmas season. A big THANK YOU to all the writers who shared this year!
A special thank you to Teresa Rogers, who edited so much of what was written, and to Damian Jenkins, who provided artwork created just for WPC. Your gifts brought this devotional to life in unique and beautiful ways!
As we move from Christmas toward Epiphany, we hope you can take some time to rest, rand enjoy these days of wonder with family and friends.
Prompt: If you could bring a gift to Jesus today, what would you bring—and why?
After dropping my daughter Amelia off at preschool, I walked into my office expecting the usual clutter: yesterday’s unopened mail, my stained coffee cup, and my weekly planner. Instead, I found a surprise — a new set of Bethlehem figurines, perfect for Amelia to adore and play with this Advent season.
Later that day, Amelia followed me into my office and quickly discovered the “Jesus friends.” Her eyes lit up as she showed me the baby Jesus, his mother, the farm animals, and the three kings. With delight she exclaimed, “The kings are bringing him presents!”
“Yes!” I said. “What are they bringing?”
Without hesitation she replied, “Milk, a birthday cake, and pie. And the angel is bringing him medicine.”
I couldn’t help but laugh. Of course—those gifts feel far more fitting to a child than gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Her answer made me pause, though. Because while the Magi brought treasures, Amelia reminded me that Jesus delights in gifts offered with love, not grandeur.
What could I bring to Jesus? A Bible for Him to sign? All my money? What could I possibly offer the King of the Universe—the Alpha and Omega, the One in whom “we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28)?
The truth is, there are only two gifts I can truly give:
My whole heart, with all its scars, pieces, and small faith.
My open hands, ready to release my own expectations and ready to serve Him and His people.
And yet, I believe Jesus would not turn away a cake, a pie, or a glass of milk. Perhaps the best gift we can bring is not perfection, but the simple, joyful offerings of a child—ordinary things made extraordinary by love.
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