Thursday, December 14, 2000
Thursday, December 14, 2000
Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of
glory may come in.
Finally he entered a nearby bar. Obviously, one of the customers was startled when he saw a
donkey come into a bar. The customer pushed his glass aside and decided he had enough. The
bartender, seeing that he was startled, tried to calm him by saying, "Oh, don't let that donkey
bother you. He belongs to the Methodist Church up the street." Thinking about that the man
decided it was time to leave.
Well, there are some donkeys in the Methodist Church, in the Presbyterian Church, in the Baptist
Church and there are donkeys inside and outside the church. In fact all of us act like donkeys at
one time or another. But when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, all of us donkeys were
raised to a new level. God has come down. We have been lifted up.
(Psalm 24:7
NRSV)
I remember a funny story about a church having an outdoor Nativity Pageant. They decided to
use live animals. The evening of the pageant everybody was busy making preparations. The
donkey that was to be used in the pageant wandered off and trotted down the street. He caused
quite a commotion.
Dear God, thank you for lifting me up, so that I can be close to you. Amen.
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