Have you ever turned a corner
and run into him face to face?
Would you be surprised?
Shocked?
Doubting?
Too old to even imagine it?
It happened. . .
to Max
a four year old
in church
who never saw him coming
and now will never forget that he did
Max was the only little kid in Church
last Sunday when we were celebrating
C H R I S T M A S I N J U L Y
He came forward to the congregation’s singing
J E S U S L O V E S M E
I asked him if he’d be surprised if Santa Claus
would actually be in church today.
Max agreed that he would
with a sigh and a face full of doubt
at the silly question.
I asked him to turn around
to see who was sitting in the back row.
It was Santa
in white pants
and a loud flowered print shirt
with a picture of a surfing Santa on the front.
The look on young Max’s face
couldn’t be painted or replicated
with shock and surprise.
Max excitedly said,
“I’ve never seen Santa in the day time. . . “
I asked Santa to come forward
(mind you, this was all impromptu)
and when he did,
he made a little boy’s heart
and the rest of all of us instantly transformed
little boys and little girls
h e a r t s
beat forever differently.
He told Max how glad he had come to Church
and how happy he was to see him.
He asked Max if was being a good boy
and like little marionettes
we all instinctively moved our heads
young and old
up and down
into a
Y E S
After he magically pulled a
C a n d y C a n e
from his pocket
for Max
and. . .M E
he picked up young Max
and gave him a hug
that we all felt.
Have you been
C L A U S E D
It truly made for one memorable
C H R I S T M A S I N J U L Y
none of us that
overly warm, humid Sunday
will soon forget
and maybe
even sooner still—
will unforgettably share
as it was so
awesomely
shared with us
It put the
F A
in all of our
L A ‘s
(not always such an easy feat at Christmas or Christmas in July)
Ho. . .
Ho. . .
H O
m e r r y c h r i s t m a s
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