Shekinahglory
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This is from the movie entitled "The Bishops Wife." Great cast with David Niven and Cary Grant in the two main leads. Niven plays a Bishop who wants to build the Lord a huge new house but needs help and Cary Grant an angel is dispatched to give him guidance. I won't go into the entire movie because my favorite part is the sermon the Bishop gives at the end of the movie. He says;
Tonight I want to tell you the story of an empty stocking.
Once upon a midnight clear, there was a child's cry, a blazing star
hung over a stable, and wise men came with birthday gifts. We
haven't forgotten that night down the centuries. We celebrate it with
stars on Christmas trees, with the sound of bells, and with gifts.
But especially with gifts. You give me a book, I give you a tie. Aunt
Martha has always wanted an orange squeezer and Uncle Henry can
do with a new pipe. For we forget nobody, adult or child. All the
stockings are filled, all that is, except one. And we have even
forgotten to hang it up. The stocking for the child born in a manger.
Its his birthday we're celebrating. Don't let us ever forget that.
Let us ask ourselves what He would wish for most. And then, let each
put in his share, loving kindness, warm hearts, and a stretched out
hand of tolerance. All the shinning gifts that make peace on earth.
The most powerful passage for me is asking Him what the Lord would like and then the Bishop begins listing things that are similar to the Fruit of the Spirit. Imagine what it would be like to offer to our Lord these gifts. What kind of impact would it have on our family, friends and those we might just briefly pass by during our celebration. Offering all the shiny gifts that make peace on earth. What a powerful gift.
Tonight I want to tell you the story of an empty stocking.
Once upon a midnight clear, there was a child's cry, a blazing star
hung over a stable, and wise men came with birthday gifts. We
haven't forgotten that night down the centuries. We celebrate it with
stars on Christmas trees, with the sound of bells, and with gifts.
But especially with gifts. You give me a book, I give you a tie. Aunt
Martha has always wanted an orange squeezer and Uncle Henry can
do with a new pipe. For we forget nobody, adult or child. All the
stockings are filled, all that is, except one. And we have even
forgotten to hang it up. The stocking for the child born in a manger.
Its his birthday we're celebrating. Don't let us ever forget that.
Let us ask ourselves what He would wish for most. And then, let each
put in his share, loving kindness, warm hearts, and a stretched out
hand of tolerance. All the shinning gifts that make peace on earth.
The most powerful passage for me is asking Him what the Lord would like and then the Bishop begins listing things that are similar to the Fruit of the Spirit. Imagine what it would be like to offer to our Lord these gifts. What kind of impact would it have on our family, friends and those we might just briefly pass by during our celebration. Offering all the shiny gifts that make peace on earth. What a powerful gift.
