WOW Factor
I was chatting with my big bro the other day about Christmas gifts and I mentioned something about a gift having a "WOW factor". As soon as I said it I knew something was off. It felt weird. Like I was a different person, similar to who I usually am, but just tweaked a little. I brushed the feeling off and continued on my merry little gift analyzing way. But the words kept coming back. "Wow factor". It was unsettling. (Disclaimer: Ya'll know by now that I mull things, words, over and over, sometimes for days/months, before I can pinpoint exactly the feeling behind them. I haven't quite reached the perfect stewing point yet with this one but I feel like this is time sensitive, so I'm going write a little prematurely here. Forgive me if it's a bit choppy.) There is a sweet, sweet joy in giving gifts at Christmas. The entire reason why we give gifts at all is a direct response to the Greatest Gift we were given; Jesus. The whole concept of gi