Luke 2:19 (NIV)
But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them
in her heart.
It's that time of year when children will be crawling up
on Santa's lap, asking for their dreams of toys, dolls, games, computers, etc.
Santa's all over the country will be listening. But there is one Santa who is
not like most.
There was a candlelight walk with Log cabins from the
1800's. A Civil War Soldier, would take
groups of people back to the 1800's era and show them how Christmas was
celebrated then. Santa is always there, and many listen as children tell Santa
what they want him to bring on Christmas Eve.
This is a story of how a little boy touched the heart of
Santa in a way no other child had. And Santa touched the heart of the listening
public in a way no other Santa has.
The little boy was about seven-years-old. He climbed on
Santa's lap, looked at him, then said, "I know you can't bring me what I
really, really want Santa." Santa told him to go on and tell him what he
wanted.
"I want my paw paw to come back, he died and lives
in heaven." With tears in his eyes, the little broken hearted boy hung his
head down. Santa's heart begun to hurt for the child. Santa then said,
"When your paw paw was here, did he take you fishing?" The little boy
nodded yes. Santa asked, "When your paw paw was here, did he fix toys and
things that were broken?" Another nod of the head. Santa said, "When
your paw paw was here with you, did you and he do a lot of things
together?" The little boy nodded yes. Santa asked, "Did your paw paw
tell you he loved you many times?" The little boy's tears slid down his
cheeks as he whispered yes.
Santa's white gloved finger softly touched the little
boy's heart and then he begun... ...... "Your paw paw didn't die, he lives
RIGHT HERE. You will always have your paw paw with you." The little boy
lifted his head up and a smile was seen through those little tears.
They say there wasn't a dry eye in the crowd that night.
Sniffles were heard all over the room, as Kleenex and handkerchiefs were
brought out.
Santa said he will never forget that child. He said he
felt so badly for that little boy whose paw paw was his world. And yet, with
the touch of a magical glove......Dear Santa brought a smile to a little one's
face just days before Christmas.
Like Mary, let’s treasure all the memories God has given
us.
Dear Lord, we thank You for our loved ones and the
memories that we have. We pray that we would take the time to make memories
with those You put in our life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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