After many hours of looking at row after row of toys and everything else
imaginable, and after hours of hearing both her children asking for
everything they saw on those many shelves, she finally made it to the lift
with her two kids.
She was feeling what so many of us feel during the Christmas season.
Overwhelming pressure to go to every party, every concert and show, taste
all the Christmas food and treats, getting that perfect gift for every
single person on our shopping list, making sure we don't forget anyone on
our card list, and the pressure of making sure we respond to everyone who
sent us a card.
Finally the lift doors opened and there was already a crowd in the car. She
pushed her way into the car dragging her two kids and all the bags of stuff
in with her.
When the doors closed she couldn't take it anymore and stated, "Whoever
started this whole Christmas thing should be found, strung up and shot."
From the back of the car, everyone heard a quiet calm voice respond, "Don't
worry, we already crucified Him."
The rest of the trip down in the lift was pretty quiet.
Don't forget this year to keep the One who started this whole Christmas
thing in your every thought, deed, purchase, and word.
If we all did it, just think of how different this whole world would be.
(Luke 2:1-20)
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