Better than Dove Chocolate

(#119)  Dove's Peppermint Bark . . .

I found a new holiday favorite candy.  Smooth and creamy.  Lightly minty.  And crunchy.  And nearly impossible to stop at just one.

And when you look inside the cute polka-dot wrapper . . . another sweet surprise (#120) . . . a "Promise", which is similar to what you find inside a fortune cookie.  Only better.

Inside our wrappers tonight:
     ~  A smile is the perfect gift, personal and encouraging. 
     ~  Love is always the perfect gift.
     ~  Feel the promise of a warm day.
     ~  Happiness is celebrating the little things.

Aren't they sweet?  Talk about a warm fuzzy. 

But the best promise of all doesn't come from Dove's chocolate.  The best promises come from our Heavenly Father.  (#121) 

Especially His promise to send us a Savior (#122).

"Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign:  The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel."  Isaiah 7:14

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a child is given, and the government will be upon his shoulders.  And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."  Isaiah 9:6

Yes, Jesus is better than Dove chocolate.  Most definitely. 

That little baby in the manger is my baby.  He's your baby. He came to rescue each one of us. 

I remember when our kids were tiny, and we'd show them the nativity.  We'd tell our children that the baby they see in the manger is their baby.  God sent that tiny little baby to our world. . . for each one of us.  He is our sweet gift, our sweet promise, from our Heavenly Father.