It is Christmas time again -- one of my favorite holidays!  We went to a local tree farm yesterday to get the annual tree.  The weather couldn't have been better -- warm, about 65 degrees and sunny.  The sky was so blue.  The farm was filled with people:  families with children, young and old alike, many with the family dog, tromping through the fields of perfect Frazier firs, looking for THE perfect tree.  Our daughter and her husband went with us, with their dog, Luci.  It didn't take long to find two beautiful, fragrant trees and head home to decorate.  Christmas is the time for family and friends to gather, for exchanging gifts, for eating turkey, and riding through neighborhoods to look at dazzling Christmas lights.  It is a wonderful time of year.  But as we embrace the coming season, let's always remember why we celebrate Christmas.  "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever should believe on Him would not perish, but have everlasting life."  Jesus is the Gift the Father gave to ransom mankind back to Himself.  The value of anything is the price paid for it.  He paid for you with His life.  What great value you have to the Father!