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Topic: Christmas Cards (11/06/08)
Every year at Christmas time we began to receive cards from people that we do not hear from all year. Many times they have moved from one State to another, and we scramble to find a Christmas card to send to them. Always wanting to make sure that those we love and cherish are remembered. Each card saying, “Joy to the World, “Peace on Earth” and other words of hope. This is a human trait, that endears us to each other, and if all year our thoughts are elsewhere, at least we remember with a Christmas card.

The Christmas card that I will always vision is a lowly stable in Bethlehem where I see two people in prayer, as they make provisions for the birth of our Savior. I can see outside as the moonlit sky looked down upon hillsides where Sheppard’s, tended their flock, and in the streets of the town people huddled over small fires that were lit to give light to a lost world. Each person making provisions for themselves and their family’s unaware of what God was doing that night.

While the noise and the confusion continued in the streets, and people greeted each other with shouts of joy and laughter, inside the stable a small cry was uttered as the gnarled hands of a carpenter reached forth to hold the Savior of the World in his hands. While Mary and Joseph took care of the delivery and wrapped the newborn baby in swaddling clothes, the Angles in heaven with shouts of joy, proclaimed the arrival of a King. Not just any King, but a Savior that would some centuries later call me to Him, and forgive me of all my sins and transgressions. His name is Jesus Christ.
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Fiona Dorothy Stevenson
11/16/08
The card you envision is attractive. But your story brought me a giggle : "Sheppards" is a name, usually a surname, and I also know it as the name of a shop. 'shepherds' tend sheep. "Angles" are either the meeting points of letters like the A or they are Anglo-Saxons. 'angels' sung the praise of the Savior's birth. Be careful in using capital letters.
Having said which, I salute your effort, and applaud your love of the Savior. God bless you.