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For the past few weeks, the focus of our worship has been \u201cChristmas Up Close and Personal.\u201d We\u2019ve seen how God often acts in ways that seem small, forcing us to get close in order to see the big things he is doing. God\u2019s habit of working in this way is epitomized at Christmas. On this night, God gave the gifts of unconditional love, unbreakable peace, untouchable hope, and unending joy \u2013 and all for the whole world. However, these enormous gifts were all wrapped up in a package so small. They came in the form of a tiny, helpless child. While that may mean God\u2019s work on this night doesn\u2019t seem all that impressive, it enables us (like the shepherds) to get a good, close look at this child \u2013 and all the priceless gifts God delivers in him.