Hears an unbelievable story

[ASM7]

Heres an unbelievable story for you:

 

This girl around the age of 15 had promised herself to marry a much older man. She remained true to her fiance who was very influential in the community. One night she had a dream where a spirit came to her and said she would become pregnant with the Son of God. She was very confused and did not know how this would be possible because she had never slept with a man and did not plan on doing so. The pregnancy came true and her fiance was furious. He felt betrayed. According to the law, he could have her stoned in front of her house by the men of the community or he could just divorce himself from her. He chose to do the latter. Then he too was visited in a dream by a spirit. The spirit said not to worry, that his fiance was pregnant by God and not man. He should go ahead and marry her and help raise up the Son of God. This Son would be a savior to the world. He would be hated by his own people and would be killed by them and then rise again so all people could be saved from their evil doings. This baby was born, but not in the way you would think the Son of God would be. He was born in a nasty stinking barn with farm animals all around. His cradle was a feeding trough for the animals. The spirit prophecies did come true. There is a catch though, to be saved and have a place in Heaven, people had to believe that this man was the Son of God, that he did die and then was risen up from death to be with his Father, God.

 

This story may be hard to believe, but I do. This belief is called faith because I have nothing tangible to base it on.

 

We celebrate this birth with a holiday on Dec. 25 called Christmas. Its not the exact day of Jesus birth because no one knows when that was. The four weeks prior to this day is called Advent. A time to prepare for the coming of the Christ child. Please remember the real reason for this holiday and I hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas.

 

Doug

 

[NJCubScouter]

ASM,

 

and also, Rooster, littlebillie, Weekender, OGE, ScoutParent, sctmom, BobWhite, Ed Mori, and all others of the Christian faith,

 

Merry Christmas.

[SR540Beaver]

ASM7,

 

Amen!

 

NJ,

 

Tip 'o the hat in thanks and a greeting to you in jest.

 

Best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low

stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, winter solstice holiday, practiced

within the most joyous traditions of the religious persuasion of your

choice, but with respect for the religious persuasion of others who choose

to practice their own religion as well as those who choose not to practice

a religion at all;

 

Additionally, a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically

uncomplicated recognition of the generally accepted calendar year 2002, but

not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose

contributions have helped make our society great, without regard to the

race, creed, color, religious, or sexual preferences of the wishes.

 

(Disclaimer: This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It

implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes

for her/himself or others and no responsibility for any unintended

emotional stress these greetings may bring to those not caught up in the

holiday spirit.)

 

[Glenn]

Thanks ASM for reminding us of the reason for the season.

 

And thank you NJ for your wishes. And may you have a happy holiday season.

[shemgren]

Thank so much for reminding us of the reason for the season.

 

To the forum members, A very Merry Christmas and a Blessed Happy New Year.

 

YIS

Scott Hemgren

[Rooster7]

Thanks ASM7 and NJ.

 

To my friends and "foes" on this forum,

 

May God bless your home with grace, peace, joy, and love. Glory and Honor be to His Name.

 

 

[evmori]

ASM7,

Thanks for the great TRUE story! Without Christ, we wouldn't have Christmas! Remember when Linus recites the Gospel of Luke to Charlie Brown & then says "That's what Christmas is all about Charlie Brown" That always gets me.

 

 

A blessed Christmas to all!

 

Ed Mori

Scoutmaster

Troop 1

1 Peter 4:10