The Christmas Story and sharing for toddlers...would it be theologically too-far-out-there to show God wrapping his baby son in a blanket from some high place in the clouds and handing it down to a young woman and her husband in a stable?
or....
the Inn Keeper sharing a place for a baby to stay...
the animals sharing their space with a baby ...
the angels sharing their song about a baby ...
the shepherds sharing their work time- taking time out from their sheep - to visit a baby...
the kings sharing their gifts with a baby ...
Joseph and Mary sharing their lives with a baby ...
We grownups know that baby today as the Son of God, "God with us," God's gift to us - Savior of the world, King of Kings, Lord of Lords ...
but children, especially little children, see a baby, a very special baby ...
Every Christmas we made things to give to people at Christmastime. I've been quite happy that for my kids (ages 20-29), Christmas is still a time for some very thoughtful personal creative giving.
Maybe giving isn't the same as sharing. Buying a loaf of bread for someone isn't the same as breaking your last loaf in half and giving half of it away...or all of it away...
. . .more to ponder ...
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