12 Gifts for Christ by Merrilee Browne Boyack
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Christmas is one of those times of year when the real reason for the season can get lost. I don’t know about you, but our family gets so caught up in Santa Claus, gifts, decorating, and parties that we forget about the Originator of this season–Jesus. Without His birth, we wouldn’t be able to even celebrate this year. But what can we give to the Supreme God of the Universe? After all, you can’t run down to Walmart and get the latest “boy toy” on sale. It can be a real conundrum.
Thenkfully, Merrilee Boyack has given families some concrete ideas that are easy to implement and will remind us of why we celebrate this festive season. I am full of all sorts of ideas, and I plan to keep this book for a long time to come. This book is written as twelve devotionals that your family can share during the month of December. And these ideas are just the beginning. It is hoped that these will set the creative juices in motion for even more ideas for giving to our Savior at Christmastime and throughout the year.
On a side note–this is an LDS title. However, even though I do not espouse that belief system, I can honestly say that I was inspired, encouraged, and even convicted as I read through this short, pithy book. It is not a preachy book; it is an action book. Faith with action is dead, after all.
I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I was not financially compensated, and all opinions are 100 percent mine.
Merrilee Boyack is a crazed woman who loves eating out and taking naps when she can. She is an estate-planning attorney who conducts her law practice from home. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in business management—finance, and from University of Santa Clara Law School. Merrilee is also a professional lecturer, featured for many years at BYU Education Week, and a published author. Her interests include reading, camping, talking, eating, and helping children in Africa. She’s now a pesco-vegetarian and is having to relearn how to cook!
She is the author of several books and talks, including The Parenting Breakthrough, Strangling Your Husband Is Not an Option; Toss the Guilt and Catch the Joy; and her most recent, In Trying Times, Just Keep Trying. Merrilee and her husband, Steve, reside in Poway, California, and have four sons, one grandson, and a granddaughter on the way!
