1 Corinthians 13:13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Love is an amazing thing which will allow you to go so much further in your life when you keep it close.

When we leave love out of it and focus on the things such as practicality or affordability, we lose sight of the things God wants us to watch out for.

Never leave out your faith either, because we need hope in our lives and our faith gives us direction toward that hope.

The hope that Christ gives us is firmly based on love, His love toward us. Unbroken. Unending. Pure.

Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.

How many times have you watched someone else mess things up and wondered how much better you would be able to do what they had set out to do?

How many times have you thought you could do so much more than you could actually do, finding out the hard way it was just a dream?

God wants us to be able to do the best we can guiding us and giving us strength and wisdom to do so much more than we can by ourselves, but we must know our own physical limits.

Do not limit God, but know your limits.

Psalm 50:8 I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, which are continually before Me.

Do you like giving presents to other people? Do you like getting presents? Do you prefer expensive presents or ones which come from the heart?

To me it is always a great pleasure to receive something small which has been chosen carefully or handmade than to receive anything expensive. Spotting the difference can be very easy!

God does not want us to go out and buy the most expensive sacrifice we can afford to give to Him; He wants us to give from the heart and willingly.

I don’t always buy things like flowers on birthdays; I prefer to wait until I really mean it and give what I can.