Page 12 - Good News December 2010 paper

re you willing to forget love is the strongest force in the world -
what you have done stronger than hate, stronger than evil,
Afor other people, and stronger than death - and that the blessed
to remember what other LIFE that began in Bethlehem more than 2 000
people have done for you? To years ago is the image and brightness of Love
ignore what the world owes Eternal? The love of God, the Father, Jesus,
you, and to think what you the Son, and the blessed Holy Spirit. THEN
owe the world? To put your you may celebrate Christmas!
rights in the background, And if you celebrate it for one day, why not
your duties in the middle each and every day of your life?
distance, and your chances - Selected
to do a little more than your
duty in the foreground? To
see that your fellow men are
just as real as you are, and try
to look behind their faces
into their hearts - hungry for
joy and understanding; to
acknowledge that probably
the only good reason for your
existence is not what you are
going to get out of life, but
what you are going to give to
life; to close your book of
complaints against the
management of the universe,
and look around you for a
place where you can sow a
few seeds of happiness. Are
you willing to do these things
even for a day? THEN you
may celebrate Christmas!
Are you willing to believe that

ne night, a man and his
small son were walking
Oslowly down the streets
of a large American city. The
child was delighted to see the
many service stars hanging in
the windows of homes - each
star proudly proclaiming the fact
that a son was in the service of
his country. He clapped his
hands excitedly as he approach-
ed each new star, and was duly
impressed by those homes with
more than one star in the
window. Finally they came to a
wide gap between houses,
through which the black velvet of
the sky was clearly discernible,
with the Evening Star shining
brightly. “Oh look, Daddy,” cried
the little boy, “God must have
given His Son, for He has a star in
His window!”
- Harry Lauder