Christian Reflection and Prayer

Christmas Day

Scripture:

Isaiah 52:7-10; Psalms 98:1-6; Hebrews 1:1-6;
(John 1:1-18).

"The Word was made flesh, he lived among us"
(John 1:14).

On this Christmas day, I'd like to share with you a lessor-
known classic from years ago that never made it beyond
the pages of a Tennessee newspaper. The folksy language
and main character may well remind you of the 1940s film,
and for many, like the plot in "It's A Wonderful Life" this
story will "ring true" -- perhaps because it is true. The
article begins:

"On a Saturday night before Christmas, thirteen year-old
David received his weekly salary as usual. But he didn't go
home. He had a special delivery of his own to make.

"First he went down to the lot where the Christmas trees
were being sold. When he'd given a number of the trees his
careful inspection, he bought one and loaded it on his bicycle.
Then he wheeled it over to the home of a steady customer.
She was seventy-one, and she had been blind for
thirty-seven years.

"'It's me, David from Speedway,' he said when she came to
the door. And then David walked in and set up the tree and
talked cheerily as he trimmed it with the lights and
decorations he had brought along.

"The woman could hardly speak. Even as David was leaving
she could only mumble her thanks. But the old lady was
thrilled. She kept reaching out to touch the tree's branches
and to breathe its forest-fresh fragrance. 'I'm seventy-one
years old, she kept saying over and over. 'I'm seventy-one
years old and I've never had a tree.'

The author concludes, "Delivery boys come in all shapes
and sizes and some of them bring more to their jobs than
work."

OUR DELIVERER CAME IN THE SHAPE OF A SMALL BABY
WRAPPED IN SWADELLING CLOTHS LYING IN A HUMBLE
MANGER.  HE BROUGHT MORE TO HIS JOB, FOR HE
CAME TO SAVE THE WORLD!

GOD IS WITH US!

MERRY CHRISTMAS