
I think acts of service is more accurate, since there isn’t a physical “gift” and you’re doing the service.. to expand, while yes it could be “a gift” to cook for someone or clean their house or run their errands, it’s not a tangible object that is kept or an experience or service done by someone else. So for example if you hire a cleaner instead of cleaning for them yourself, then yes it’d be a gift because you didn’t do it yourself. Now cooking although you do give them an “object” (the
It might depend on the intention in my opinion. If you are cooking something for someone bc they are super tired/ hate cooking/ like when others cook for them then it would be an act of service. If you are cooking for them in order to give them a certain kind of food they like, then it would be gift giving (the focus is on end result rather than process)
Food) you made it for them which makes it into an act of service. I hope I’m being clear 😅 I guess what I’m trying to say is a gift can be an object (whether made by you or bought) or it can be a service/experience but if that service or experience is done by you I feel that changes it to an act of service (which can still be a gift; I guess you can say an act of service can be a gift or gifted, but if a gift can be an act of service depends on the situation. Another example would be a massage.
You can give someone a gift card or give them the money to go to a spa for a massage, OR you can give them a massage yourself. If you provide them the money for the spa, you are giving them a gift, but if you are giving them the massage yourself it would be you performing an act of service that could serve as a gift. For me cooking falls into this category. You are doing something for them so it’s an act of service more than a gift BUT an act of service can be gifted loll I hope I make sense!😅