the person as a gift

This video is simply beautiful.  I like how she compares a mother's unconditional love to God's unconditional love for His children.

The only thing I disagree with is how she says newborns have nothing to give.  The experience of holding a newborn is a gift in itself because it is an opportunity for us to feel God's love.  The newborn, then, gives a gift to her mother simply by existing.  

If I am right, this has important implications for God's love for us.  It would imply that although we have nothing visible to give God, our lives are gifts to God because we are His.  No wonder God's "work and...glory" is to "bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" (Moses 1:39).

Could we say that God wants to live with each of us forever because each of our lives is a gift to Him?  

Perhaps this is why President Uchtdorf explained, "Every person...is a VIP to our Heavenly Father." (The whole talk is excellent, but for the specific quote, fast forward to 8 minutes into his talk.)