What Can I Give Him?

My shopping is complete, just a little wrapping and delivering to finish.
Yet - something is missing.
I know in my heart I have not given a gift worthy of "the wondrous little stranger".
My intentions are good, but somehow I fall so short.

 I find inspiration in President Howard W. Hunter's 1992 Christmas Message:

Christmas is a time for giving. Someone once said he couldn’t think of what to give for Christmas. The next day in the mail he received an anonymous list which read:

Give to your enemy forgiveness,

To your opponent tolerance,

To your friend your heart,

To all men charity, for the hands that help

are holier than lips that pray,

To every child a good example,

and to yourself—respect. 

All of us need to follow the example of the Savior in giving these kinds of gifts. From Christina Rossetti we read:

What can I give Him,

Poor as I am?

If I were a shepherd

I would give Him a lamb,

If I were a Wise Man,

I would do my part,—

But what I can I give Him,

Give my heart.

This 

Christmas,

 Mend a quarrel. 

Seek out a forgotten friend.

 Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust.

 Write a letter. Give a soft answer.

 Encourage youth. Manifest your loyalty in word and deed.

 Keep a promise. Forgo a grudge. Forgive an enemy. Apologize.

 Try to understand. Examine your demands on others.

 Think first of someone else. Be kind. Be gentle.

 Laugh a little more.

 Express your gratitude.

 Welcome a stranger. 

Gladden the heart of a child.

 Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. 

Speak your love and then speak it again.