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The candle has been lighted in the lamp beside the door. The greens are hung and the children are in a state of wild anticipation. Soon we’ll read the Christmas story and sing carols for the Christ Child.
Flames flicker on our hearthstone and in their depths gleam memories.
A small boy, cold and hungry, kneels crying by his mother's bed. Then kind hands lift him. Ladies from a nearby church bring a basket for the widow and save her life.
On a Pacific island, a badly wounded soldier moans with pain. Tenderly, a chaplain bathes his face, then opens a tattered Bible and begins to read. Anguish and suffering recede and hope stirs faintly.
Now the fire crackles. I stir the embers and thank God for the ministry of dedicated people.
Your church interprets God’s gift of love to the needy and the helpless. Let us worship there.
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