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Christmas in our Hearts

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This was part of the presentation we made last Jan.6, 2007 during my grandpa’s 90th Birthday (yes 90th!!). I just would like to share this with you.

Once upon a time, in the great stillness of the night, a child’s cry broke the holy silence. It was in a humble manger in Bethlehem 2000 years ago that the Savior, Christ the King was born.

Joseph and Mary spent days even weeks to look for a suitable place to stay, to give birth to their son. They traveled far and wide on a donkey as they knocked on doors to seek help. Their tired, aching bones craved for the familiar comfort of a place to sleep on. But nobody would let them in. Every door closed on them.

Such was the desperate plight our Lord found himself in the time he first saw light. The unwelcoming world had no place for him except for a manger. Clothe with the barest garment, Jesus was laid unresistingly on a lowly, unbecoming manger. Joseph and Mary could only look on helplessly and with great pain and pity at their holy son.

That first Christmas, there was no room for him in the entire Bethlehem except in a lowly stable. Are we going to let it happen again?

May we finally open the doors to our hearts and let Jesus in not only during Christmas but everyday of our lives!


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