Saturday, December 2, 2000
Saturday, December 2, 2000
For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his
shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of
Peace.
She tried thinking of all the things she wanted, but the bag was not replenished. She then
approached a person who happened to be passing her on the street. The stranger suggested, "Well
maybe the four magic words are GIVE ME SOME MORE."
So the servant continued her journey and kept saying, "Give me some more. Give me some more.
Give me some more." But the bag was now almost totally empty. In despair she sat down, lonely
and dejected. She took a piece of bread out of her pack and began to eat it. A hungry child off of
the street, alone and abandoned, approached her and asked her for the bread. It was obvious the
child was in desperate need. So, without even thinking about it, the servant gave the child some
bread. Before the child ate, though, she folded her little hands and said a blessing: "I thank you
Lord."
All of a sudden the servant's eyes lighted up and she started dancing around in the street. She
began chanting loudly: "That's it. That's it. The four magic words: I THANK YOU LORD." Soon
the bag was filled with blessings once again.
We have a lot to be thankful for in this great season!
(Isaiah 9:6
NRSV)
There is an old legend about a servant whose master died and left her a bag full of blessings. The
master left a message for the servant telling her that the bag would always be full as long as she
remembered four magic words. Unfortunately, the servant had soon forgotten the four magic
words and was almost out of blessings. Finally she went to a wise man who suggested that
possibly the four magic words were, I WISH I HAD. "I wish I had this. I wish I had that."
Dear God, I thank you Lord. Amen.
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