BECAUSE CHRIST WAS BORN

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   There are those in this world who not only cannot, but will not, journey to the manger scene or walk with Jesus or finally stand at the foot of the cross..  They cannot even bring themselves to knock on the door to the inn for this is a beginning and they fear the end which is comittment. 

   They believe Christ can change lives, and that is why they fear to knock.  They don’t want to be changed.  Ask them then how they live, and if they will be honest they will say, “I run with the pack, drift with the tide, believe in nothing even enough to make up my own mind.”  Ask them what they stand for, and if they are honest they will say, “I stand for nothing, therefore, I never have to stand up for anything.”

   “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.”

   One day in eastern Colorado, a man watched a little girl pull a small yellow wagon to the corner of a fence that paralleled the highway and the railroad.  She climbed upon the wagon and anxiously scanned the horizon.  “What are you doing?” asked the man.  “My little brother has infantile paralysis and he can’t stand without my help.  And he loves trains…oh, how he loves trains.”  Just then, the hoarse, deep whistle of the streamliner, The City of Denver, could be heard in the distance.  The little girl went into action. 

   Raising her little brother to a standing position against the solid fence in front of him she placed her head against the small of his back and held him there, his little head protruding just above the fence so he could see the approaching train.  When the train had passed, she gently lowered him back down into the wagon.

   “Honey,” the man exclaimed, “You didn’t get to see the train at all.”  She looked at him with that look reserved for someone who just doesn’t understand, and said, “I saw it before he got sick.”

   Because Christ was born little girls think of little brothers before themselves.  And compassion is seen as a strength and not a weakness.  And love is made more important than hate.

   I talked with a man the other day who said he had been a member of his church for 28 years, but last year was the first time he had ever taken Christ home with him.  He had invited the minister for dinner, had church officers meet in his living room, served the Young People on his patio, but never Christ…. never Christ. 

   Because Christ was born life down through the ages has become one series of miracles after the other.  Discouraged folks have cheered up, sour folks have sweetened up, closed folks have opened up, gossipers have shut up, conflicted folks have made up, lukewarm folks have fired up and pew potatoes have stood up. (Rick Kirchoff, Memphis Methodist Annual Conference)

   Once upon a time there was a birth in Bethlehem, and his name was Jesus and his timeless gift to man was an eternal guarantee of love and forgiveness.  “Be of good cheer.  I have overcome the world.”

   The church was not our idea or any of our ancestors idea.  It was God’s idea.  “Upon this rock I will build my church.”  Jesus said this of the faith of Peter, and He says it to you and me.  

(TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY)

  

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