Persons are Gifts

The author and composer of this hymn are unknown. It is popular in parts of Asia, and was sung by students in New Zealand in the 1980s. The language used suggests that it was either translated to English from another language, or written by an person with English as a second language.

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Lyrics

Persons are gifts of God to me
That come all wrapped so differently.
Some so loosely, others so tightly;
But wrappings are not the gifts

I am a gift from God to me,
Do I accept the gift I see
I am a person, and for this reason,
A wonderful gift of love.

Am I a gift to others too,
Willingly given for you and you.
We are all persons, we are all gifts.
So let's make a grand exchange of gifts.