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A woman was wandering through a marketplace when she came upon a sign that stopped her in her tracks. It read God’s Fruit Stand. Without hesitation she rushed over and began to exclaim, “I would like a perfect banana, a perfect cantaloupe, a perfect strawberry and a perfect peach.” It was then she recognized who was behind the counter, God. And looking at her with a heavenly smile, He simply replied, “I’m sorry but I only sell seeds.”
That is the hope given to us on the first Christmas, when God come to earth in the form of a little child.
Hope with a capital H named Jesus. Eternity with a halo.
That through Christ, men and women would take God’s seeds and make peace more often than war; offer tolerance more often than prejudice; give joy more often than sorrow.
Take these seeds of greatness that are within us all and make good things rather than bad things happen. Make the world a little better than a little worse. Never perfect, never that…but at least getting things aimed in the right direction, certainly in the direction of love for…
Some say love is a river that drowns the tender reed.
Some say love is the razor that leaves our soul to bleed.
Some say love is a hunger, an aching endless need.
I say love is a flower and you and I,
its only seeds
(anonymous, slight rewrite)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu of Africa summed it up so very well. What this grand and glorious promise of Christianity is all about. Remember, he personally experienced the abundant evils of apartheid and yet still he was able to write, “Goodness is stronger than evil; love is stronger than hate; light is stronger than darkness; life is stronger than death, victory is ours through Him who loves us.”
It is the manger message that will not, should not ever go away. It is why there are so many today looking for spiritual answers because all the technology in the world is still writing so much of their happiness with fading ink.
And why is there such solace when we find the Savior and give ourselves to Him?
Well, because “The Lord travels in all directions at once... Wherever we are, we find that God has just departed. Wherever we go we find God has just arrived before us.” (editing of quote from Thomas Merton)
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A quote from THE BLOG entitled DECEMBER, THE WARMEST MONTH IN THE YEAR”
“There has been only one Christmas…the rest are anniversaries...”
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A woman was wandering through a marketplace when she came upon a sign that stopped her in her tracks. It read God’s Fruit Stand. Without hesitation she rushed over and began to exclaim, “I would like a perfect banana, a perfect cantaloupe, a perfect strawberry and a perfect peach.” It was then she recognized who was behind the counter, God. And looking at her with a heavenly smile, He simply replied, “I’m sorry but I only sell seeds.”
That is the hope given to us on the first Christmas, when God come to earth in the form of a little child.
Hope with a capital H named Jesus. Eternity with a halo.
That through Christ, men and women would take God’s seeds and make peace more often than war; offer tolerance more often than prejudice; give joy more often than sorrow.
Take these seeds of greatness that are within us all and make good things rather than bad things happen. Make the world a little better than a little worse. Never perfect, never that…but at least getting things aimed in the right direction, certainly in the direction of love for…
Some say love is a river that drowns the tender reed.
Some say love is the razor that leaves our soul to bleed.
Some say love is a hunger, an aching endless need.
I say love is a flower and you and I,
its only seeds
(anonymous, slight rewrite)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu of Africa summed it up so very well. What this grand and glorious promise of Christianity is all about. Remember, he personally experienced the abundant evils of apartheid and yet still he was able to write, “Goodness is stronger than evil; love is stronger than hate; light is stronger than darkness; life is stronger than death, victory is ours through Him who loves us.”
It is the manger message that will not, should not ever go away. It is why there are so many today looking for spiritual answers because all the technology in the world is still writing so much of their happiness with fading ink.
And why is there such solace when we find the Savior and give ourselves to Him?
Well, because “The Lord travels in all directions at once... Wherever we are, we find that God has just departed. Wherever we go we find God has just arrived before us.” (editing of quote from Thomas Merton)
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A quote from THE BLOG entitled DECEMBER, THE WARMEST MONTH IN THE YEAR”
“There has been only one Christmas…the rest are anniversaries...”
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The book RUST ON MY SOUL is available on amazon.com
To view an abundance of unusual stories and comments by Neil Wyrick go to Neil’s other blog ONE A DAY, YOUR SPIRITUAL VITAMINS
Click on the following URL
http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
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