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A GIFT FOR
JESUS
THE
HOUSE WAS PEACEFUL ON THIS CHRISTMAS
EVE
ALL
THE LIGHTS IN THE HOME WERE OFF
EXCEPT FOR THE
CHRISTMAS TREE.
THERE WERE SO MANY CHILDREN
SLEEPING IN THE HOUSE, SOME
BUNKED UP WITH EACH OTHER. SUCH A
LARGE FAMILY FOR SUCH A SMALL HOME. THERE
SEEMED TO BE NO MORE ROOM.
THE
HUSBAND AND WIFE WERE IN BED,
TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT MORNING AND
DISCUSSING HOW THERE WAS NOT A LOT
OF PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE FOR THE
CHILDREN.
AS
THEY WERE TALKING, THE DOORBELL
RANG, WONDERING WHO IT COULD
BE, THEY GOT UP AND WENT DOWNSTAIRS
TO SEE WHO THAT COULD BE AT THIS
HOUR.
WHEN HE
OPENED THE DOOR, THERE SHE
STOOD,
A WELFARE WORKER
HOLDING A BABY AND STANDING NEXT TO
HER HOLDING HER HAND WAS A LITTLE
BOY. SHE SAID TO THE COUPLE, DO YOU
HAVE ROOM FOR TWO MORE UNTIL
TOMORROW. THERE HAS BEEN A
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT, AND THEY HAVE NO
PLACE TO GO TONIGHT. OF COURSE THE COUPLE SAID
YES.
AS SHE
LEFT THE TWO CHILDREN, THE LITTLE
BOY ASKED WHERE IS MY MOMMY AND
DADDY, HE DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY
WERE GONE. A CAR WRECK TOOK
THEM THAT CHRISTMAS EVE AFTERNOON
AND THERE WAS NO FAMILY AROUND FOR
THE TWO CHILDREN.
THE
COUPLE TOOK THE CHILDREN INTO THE
HOUSE AND TOOK OFF THE LITTLE BOYS
COAT AND HE WENT TO THE BABY AND
SAID THIS IS MY LITTLE SISTER, SHE
MISSES MY MOMMY AND DADDY, DO YOU
KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AT?
THE
COUPLE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND WENT
TO THE KITCHEN AND DECIDED NOT TO
TELL HIM UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS.
THEY PUT THE CHILDREN TO BED AND
STAYED UP AND TALKED ALL NIGHT OF
WHAT TO SAY TO THIS LITTLE BOY.
AS THE
LITTLE BOY AND HIS BABY SISTER
SLEPT, THE REST OF THE CHILDREN CAME
DOWNSTAIRS TO LOOK AT THE PRESENTS
AND WAITED FOR THE COUPLE TO JOIN
THEM. WHEN THEY DID THEY TOLD ALL
THE CHILDREN ABOUT THE LITTLE BOY
AND HIS BABY SISTER. THEY
ASKED
EACH CHILD PUT ASIDE ONE OF THEIR
GIFTS UNOPENED TO GIVE TO THE LITTLE
BOY AND HIS SISTER, AND THEY DID
WILLINGLY.
THE
COUPLE WENT UPSTAIRS AND WOKE UP THE
LITTLE BOY AND HIS BABY SISTER AND
TOOK THEM DOWNSTAIRS. ONE CHILD
OPENED ONE GIFT, THEN THE NEXT CHILD
DID THE SAME UNTIL IT WAS THE LITTLE
BOYS TURN, HE WOULD NOT OPEN HIS
GIFT AND BEGUN TO CRY, NO ONE KNEW
WHAT TO DO FOR THE LITTLE BOY. AS
THE TEARS RAN DOWN HIS LITTLE FACE
HE LOOKED AT THE COUPLE AND ALL THE
OTHER CHILDREN AND TOLD
THEM IN A SOFT VOICE THAT HE CAN'T
OPEN A GIFT YET BECAUSE THERE IS A
GIFT MISSING.
IN HIS
LITTLE HAND HE HELD A LITTLE BOX.
HE TOLD THEM THAT HIS MOMMY HAD TOLD
HIM ON CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING AT
BREAKFAST THAT IT WAS HIS TURN TO
PUT THE SMALL WRAPPED GIFT UNDER THE
TREE AND HE FORGOT TO.
THE
COUPLE LOOKED AT HIM AND THE MAN
ASKED WHO THE GIFT WAS FOR, THE
LITTLE BOY TOLD HIM IT WAS FOR
JESUS, THERE IS ALWAYS A PRESENT
UNDER THE TREE FOR JESUS, MY MOMMY
AND DADDY SAID THAT JESUS HAS TO
HAVE A GIFT TOO.
THE
MAN ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD LIKE TO
PUT IT UNDER THE TREE AND THE LITTLE
BOY SAID YES. AS HE LAID THE GIFT
UNDER THE TREE THE LITTLE BOY COULD
BE HEARD BY THE COUPLE AND HE
WAS TALKING TO JESUS AND THIS IS
WHAT HE SAID:
DEAR
JESUS, I KNOW WHERE MY MOMMY AND
DADDY ARE, THEY ARE WITH YOU, I
HEARD THAT LADY THAT BROUGHT ME
HERE TALK ABOUT IT AND I MISS MY
MOMMY AND DADDY, BUT JESUS I PROMISE
TO TAKE CARE OF MY BABY SISTER FOR
YOU, IF YOU PROMISE TO TAKE CARE OF
MY MOMMY AND DADDY.
I
STILL WANT TO GIVE THIS GIFT TO YOU
JESUS, IT IS FILLED WITH LOVE FOR
YOU. AS HE TURNED AROUND
TO
LOOK AT THE COUPLE, THEY WERE CRYING
AND EVERYONE STARTED HUGGING ONE
ANOTHER. THEN THE LITTLE BOY OPENED
HIS GIFTS FROM EVERYONE. AS
EVERYONE OPENED THEIR GIFTS,
AS THE
COUPLE WATCHED EVER SO QUIETLY,
ENJOYING THE HARMONY AND LOVE SHARED
BETWEEN THE CHILDREN,
THE MAN LEANED OVER AND WHISPERED IN THE WOMAN'S
EAR. THAT LITTLE BOY AND HIS BABY
SISTER ARE OUR GIFT FROM JESUS, LETS
FIND OUT IF THEY HAVE ANY LIVING RELATIVES,
AND IF NOT LETS ADOPT THEM TOO.
AFTER A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, AND
NO LIVING RELATIVES WERE FOUND, AND
SINCE THE COUPLE HAD BEEN SUCH
WONDERFUL PARENTS TO THE OTHER
CHILDREN, THE STATE ALSO AWARDED
THEM THE TWO NEW BLESSINGS FROM
HEAVEN. WHERE
THERE IS "LOVE", WONDERFUL THINGS
CAN AND DO HAPPEN.
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10 / 2004.
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