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Sam was still at home.

His family had gone to church. He didn’t go with them. He never did. He knew it would please them and somehow in the back of his mind and a corner of his soul he knew it would be a pleasing thing to do, but he just didn’t.

It was cold and getting colder.

The snow had started out slow and soft. Now the wind had shifted and it was becoming a blizzard. Then it hit him. The animals, he had not gone to the barn to warm them with heaters as he always did.

What had happened to him?

How could he forget? He quickly got dressed and hurried toward the barn.

When he opened the barn door it was almost as cold inside as it was outside.

When the heaters were lit their expansive heat immediately took over. If a cow could smile he was certain this was what Betsy was doing. Finally, all the animals were taken care of and he moved back out into the windswept cold.

As he moved back toward the house he saw some sparrows on the ground, barely moving. In the branches of a tree, others seemed frozen to their spot.

He knew that because the temperature was dropping so rapidly, they soon would die. What could he do? He could not communicate with them. When he tried to capture them to take them into the barn, they feebly but successfully eluded his grasp.

Oh, if only he could become a sparrow and tell them to fly into the warmth of the barn. Let them know how much he cared for their safety and salvation.

As he had the thought, the air filled with the old church bell ringing.

The westerly wind had carried the sound that extra distance.

At least to him the old bell in the church steeple was ringing like it had never rung before. And he became overwhelmed by a thought, a revelation.

What Christianity truly was hit him in the center of his soul. It was almost more than he could bear. Tears flooded down his cheeks.

“I understand, Lord. After all these years, I understand. We were like sparrows at a loss in a cold, cold world and you came down and became one of us.”

And then, for a moment he entered the mind of a sparrow and becoming one of them knew instantly what it was that he should do.

He raced back to the barn, picked up a bag of seeds and then began to drop seeds from the tree where the sparrows perched back to the now open barn door.

At first, they ignored him, were indifferent to him, almost passed by their opportunity for salvation.

But then some seemed to understand and followed the offering of love, and moved toward the light and the incredible warmth and life. And it was good. God saw it and it was good.

And that is what Christianity is; love. Not indifference. Christianity is not a bureaucrat looking for an excuse not to do something but a Christian opportunist welcoming the opportunity to be a welcoming force.

“…I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers.... will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:37-39)

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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
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