He (Job) did not seek the Giver because of His gifts; when all gifts were removed he still sought the Giver.
You can't celebrate gifts without celebrating the giver of all gifts.
You can't celebrate gifts without celebrating the giver of all gifts, so I want to celebrate Jesus.
To come to faith on the basis of experience alone is unwise, though not so foolish as to reject faith altogether because of lack of experience ... the quality of a Christian's experience depends on the quality of his faith, just as the quality of his faith depends in turn on the quality of his understanding of God's truth.
Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.
Gifts of the heart can't be claimed by anyone except the giver.
For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
In each age there is a series of pressing questions which must be asked and answered. On the correctness of the questions depends the survival of those who ask; on the quality of the answers depends the quality of the life those survivors will lead.
Ah me, thou Destiny, Giver of evil gifts.
But then, gifts are like beauty, are they not. It is in the eye of the recipient that they find their seat, not in the hand of the giver.
Be thankful, but be careful that you don't become so enamored of God's good gifts that you fail to worship the giver.
Warning: we may become so enamored with God's good gifts that we fail to worship the Giver.
The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention.
Those gifts are ever more precious which the giver has made precious.
The quality of one's life depends on the quality of attention.
Make gifts meaningful by putting the time in creating them, whether baking and cooking, or in making arts and craft. It will all have more meaning for the giver and receiver.