PRESENTS OR PRESENCE?
A military expert was asked to deliver a speech in St. Louis, Missouri. It was during World War II, and he had a difficult time getting a seat on the plane. However, he secured it and departed from his home town, Boston. Enroute he was “bumped” in Washington, D.C. by an army general who had top priority. Disgruntled and frustrated, the lecturer sat and cooled his heels while his plane left for Missouri. His disappointment was nothing, however, compared to the general’s disgust when he arrived in St. Louis only to discover that the speaker had to cancel out. The general’s dismay was complete when he realized that the speaker was the man whose plane seat he had pre-empted in Washington! The above story points up an interesting question this Advent Season: are our presents to one another crowding out His presence in our midst? What has top priority to us this Christmas? Before it is too late, let’s give Him…
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