An Upward Focus Concerning God's Gifts

Whether I get the gift or you get the gift, we both have the opportunity to see our God more clearly because of it. Remembering that upward focus moves my eyes off you and me. I rejoice with you as I contemplate how he expressed his relationship with you. I concentrate on how he gave you exactly what you needed, how careful he was in choosing it, and how his timing was just right for you.

--William P. Smith, Loving Well (Even If You Haven't Been) (Greensboro, NC: New Growth, 2012), 205.