While we’re shelling out that cash for Christmas gifts, take a moment to think about giving things money can’t buy. I asked my friends on Facebook for ideas, and here are the great ones they came up with!
22 Things Money Can’t Buy
1. “Write a prayer for someone. James 5:15-17” — Andrea Bowling Perdue
2. “I’m working on an advent project. I made an advent calendar for our family a few years ago and am making one as a gift for some dear friends.” — Erin Bishop
3. “A card of encouragement. Proverbs 12:25” — Heather Aron Clement
4. “Meet the need of someone. Proverbs 31:20” — Andrea Bowling Perdue
5. “The love of her children and husband. Proverbs 31:28” — Penny Raine
6. “A compliment or praise. Proverbs 27:2” — Jennifer Stutesman Crevier
7. “A shoulder to lean on. Galatians 6:2” — Heather Aron Clement
8. “Write a letter of encouragement. Proverbs 10:21 a” — Andrea Bowling Perdue
9. “Forgiveness. Matthew 6:12” — Jennifer Stutesman Crevier
10. “I have a dear friend who is in a wheelchair. One year, my Christmas gift to her was an oven cleaning. I went to her house and cleaned her oven, something that she’s not able to do. We had a great time, visiting over coffee while I scrubbed.” —Diane Day
11. “Inner peace. Psalms 46:10” — Cindi Hoppes
12. “I think taking an elderly person around to do errands, etc., such as pay bills, grocery shopping, or even take them to lunch. Give freely.” — Angie Kay Webb
13. “Encouragement, specifically for the oppressed. Isaiah 1:17” — Diana Savage
14. “Addressing Christmas cards for seniors or veterans.” — Donna Clark Goodrich
15. “Today I saw a man buy a woman’s groceries. Her husband recently died; she didn’t have enough cash and was embarrassed. She cried, thanked him, and shared how kind her husband was when he was alive. I cried, the lady behind him cried. Proverbs 22:9” — Melissa Mason
16. “Acceptance. Elisabeth Elliot said, ‘In acceptance lieth peace.'” — Kelly Thompson
17. “A memory jar. Actually, we did this for my husband and it didn’t cost anything but had huge impact.” — Kathleen Y’Barbo Turner
18. “We took our brownie troop to deliver stuffed animals to the nursing home one year, and a man cried and then said thank you. The nurse said it was the first time he had spoken since his wife had died several years earlier. I don’t know who was blessed more, us or him . . . but I know my girls will never forget it. My son, who never knew his father, was only four at the time and crawled up in the man’s lap. It was a moment I will forever cherish as the old man held on to him as tightly as my son did. I guess my verse would be to ‘Do unto others are you would have them do unto you,’ or perhaps one that says to honor the old. I would love to think if I am ever old and alone that someone would remember me at Christmas and any other time, too.” — Cheri Horgan
19. “Time spent with someone. Just a visit!” — Rhonda Gayle Nash-Hall
20. “Wisdom. Proverbs 8:11” — Nancee Marchinowski
21. “Make a ‘coupon’ book to redeem with ways to serve one another or do their favorite things, etc.” — Charlotte Driver
22. “Give honor to your parents in word or deed or presence. By doing so we fulfill the word of God.” — Rebekah Craig
How about you, do you have something to add to this list of things that money can’t buy?
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Although all of the ideas are very good, I took note of the memory jar, no. 17. Now in our senior years, being married for 47 years, having cared for many children needing help, adopting 9 of them, and inviting two Grandmas to live with us, along with community investment makes the life stories endless. The memory jar would be a wonderful way to capture stories, as a literary picture album. Likely a treasure for the children that will be enjoyed beyond our years.