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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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