Saturday, December 24, 2016

A STORM.... A KNOTHOLE... AND A SONG.... A CHRISTMAS TALE

IT IS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT WHEN JOE AND MAM LOSE THEIR WAY. THEY ARE TRYING TO FLY SOUTH FOR THE WINTER.
A BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE SKY GUIDES THEM TO A LITTLE FARM BUILDING.
HERE, THEY CAN GET DRY.  THEY PLAN TO FLY AGAIN WHEN THE STORM IS OVER....
BUT MAM CANNOT. SHE IS TIRED AND WEAK, AS SHE IS ABOUT TO LAY HER EGGS.  SO, THEY STAY IN THE KNOTHOLE IN THE RAFTERS.
JOE WILL BUILD A NEST FOR MAM.  THE DAYS ARE TOO HOT, SO JOE MUST GATHER HIS BITS OF NEST AT NIGHT.
THAT SAME BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE SKY GUIDES HIS WAY.
THERE IS GOOD FRESH HAY FROM DOWN BELOW.  AND ONE NIGHT, HE FINDS WONDERFUL SOFT FLUFF FROM A FLOCK OF SHEEP IN THE NEARBY FIELD.
ANOTHER NIGHT, HE ADDS A SHINY BIT OF SILK TO THE NEST.  IT WAS DANGLING FROM A BLANKET ON THE BACK OF A FUNNY LUMPY CREATURE.

A WHOLE CARAVAN SPORTING REGAL AND SHINING PEOPLE...KINGS ON CAMELS.
MAM LAYS HERE EGGS AND THEY ARE ALL SNUG IN THE WARM NEST THAT JOE HAS FEATHERED
THERE HAS BEEN MUCH NOISE OUTSIDE, AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME TO THIS TOWN CALLED BETHELEHEM.  DOWN BELOW, A HUSBAND AND WIFE SETTLE IN FOR THE NIGHT.
THE WOMAN IS TIRED AND WEAK FOR SHE IS HAVING A BABY! THERE ARE NO BEDS, SO THEY PLACE THE BABY IN A MANGER OF HAY.
SHEPHERDS FROM THE NEARBY FIELD COME TO SEE AND WORSHIP THIS BABE WHO IS WRAPPED IN SWADDLING CLOTHES ON HIS BED OF HAY.
SOON, THE GREAT MEN ON THE LUMPY BEASTS ARE THERE WITH SPARKLING AND FRAGRANT GIFTS.
AND EVEN ALL THE ANIMALS BOW DOWN....
FOR THE BABY IS THE NEWBORN KING...JESUS!
LATER THAT NIGHT, AS ALL IS QUIET, THE BABY CRIES.....
MAM BEGINS TO SING A SONG OF LOVE AND REST
AND FINALLY...
THE BABY SLEEPS.


(NOT)
THE END

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