Pastor John Jewell once counseled with an engaged couple who wanted to be married on Christmas Eve. This pair of love birds chose Christmas Eve because, as they said, their love for each other was the greatest gift they could give. So romantic, don’t you think?

Then, a few days before the wedding, the love birds showed up in Pastor Jewell’s office with their feathers definitely ruffled. The young man had given his beloved an early Christmas present.

“That’s a bad thing?” Pastor Jewell asked.

The young man explained that this was a gift his future wife really needed. He should have known better.

The future wife rolled her eyes and announced, “It was a set of tires!”

“They were Michelins!” the young man protested. He couldn’t understand her lack of gratitude.

And so Pastor Jewell opene…