A strange gift

Have you ever received a strange or odd gift? One you are just not sure why the person chose to give it to you? We definitely received several of them for our wedding! When you are the recipient of an odd gift, it makes you wonder why the person took their time and money to choose THAT for you? What did they think that I would like about it?

One such gift that we got from a very extended family member (actually no relation) was a fryer to cook food with. We do not enjoy fried food. I do like fried chicken, but that is basically all. I do not make chicken nuggets, or my own fried chicken and have no intention to. We do not live in the south, where fried foods tend to be more common. I just think that as a wedding gift to a brand new cook, that giving something more practical would have been more appropriate. I do not want to sound begrudging by any means. We are always thankful to get gifts. But it does make me wonder why...

Another such gift that we were given was ceramic painted peacocks that were mostly black with very little green on them. We were not sure if they were hand-painted by our acquaintances or not. They were not pretty. They were just figurines. They were not useful. They were just ugly. We kept them for maybe a year before we decided that the givers would never come to our home to visit us, so we got rid of them.

For our wedding, a few of the gifts got separated from the cards, and it took us a bit to figure out who gave us a few things. We did eventually put a few things together. I love receiving and giving good gifts. It is so fun for me to give someone what they really want or need, and being able to surprise them with it. Last year, I gave my husband a pair of jeans for Christmas, and he needed them. He didn't know that I found a pair that he had told me a few years ago that he liked. I took a picture of the tag on the jeans at the store and found them again.

Have you ever given a really good gift? I would love to hear all about it!

Ecclesiastes 3:13
That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.

Matthew 7:11
If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.