Monday, December 22, 1997
Monday, December 22, 1997You see, the greatest miracles in life come when we are bound to a close relationship with God. Maybe our celebration of this season would be more wonderful if we recognized that the glory of Christmas came about because of the willingness of ordinary people, like Mary, who obeyed God's claim in their lives.
I firmly believe that miracles happen today, and one way they happen is through ordinary people like you and me. There was a story in the newspapers a few years ago about eight-year-old Mark Amador's letter to Santa. He laid it on the line, "My Mom needs help bad! . . . " His letter spoke about his mother's unemployment, about them selling almost everything they had to buy food. "I want clothes and food for us to last 3 months," wrote Mark. "Hope my Mom will have a job by then."
The Tucson postal workers who opened the letter were jarred with his story and gave presents of clothing, and toys, and food to Mark, his two older brothers and their mother, Abigail. But there's more. Mark confided to Santa that he tried to be good at school but had to contend with classmates who ridiculed his ears, which stuck out. Dr. Burkhardt, a plastic surgeon, was asked by his nurse, if he would be willing to fix an 8-year-old boy's ears for nothing. "Sure," he said. "That's good, because Channel 13 is on the line." Mark's mother, was astounded by the response to Marks' letter ". . . it was a Godsend," she said. "Things like this never happen to us . . . ."
But it was Christmas! And Christmas is a time for miracles from a God who uses ordinary people, like Mary, and like you and me
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