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GEESE
Geese can teach us why God gave us Jesus.....
There was once a man who didn't believe in the incarnation of Christ or
the spiritual meaning of Christmas, and was skeptical about God.
He and his family lived in a farm community. His wife was a
devout believer and diligently raised her children in her faith. He
sometimes gave her a hard time about her faith and mocked her religious
observance of Christmas.
"It's all nonsense - why would God lower himself and become a human like
us?! It's such a ridiculous story!" he said.
One snowy day, she and the children left for church while he stayed
home. After they had left, the winds grew stronger and the snow turned into
a blinding snowstorm. He sat down to relax before the fire for the evening.
Then he heard a loud thump, something hitting against the window. And
another thump. He looked outside but couldn't see. So he ventured outside
to see. In the field near his house he saw, of all the strangest things, a
flock of geese! They were apparently flying to look for a warmer area down
south, but had been caught in the snow storm.
The storm had became too blinding and violent for the geese to fly or see
their way. They were stranded on his farm, with no food or shelter, unable
to do more than flutter their wings and fly in aimless circles.
He had compassion for them and wanted to help them. He thought to
himself, "The barn would be a great place for them to stay! It's warm and
safe surely they could spend the night and wait out the storm."
So he opened the barn doors for them. He waited, watching them, hoping they would
notice the open barn and go inside. But they didn't notice the barn or
realize what it could mean for them. He moved closer toward them to get their
attention, but they just moved away from him out of fear. He went into the house and
came back out with some bread, broke it up, and made a bread trail to the barn.
They still didn't catch on.
Starting to get frustrated, he went over and tried to shoo them toward the barn. They
panicked and scattered into every direction except toward the barn. Nothing he did
could get them to go into the barn where there was warmth,
safety and shelter.
Feeling totally frustrated, he exclaimed, "Why don't they follow me? Can't they see this is the
only place where they can survive the storm? How can I possibly get them into the one place to save
them?"
He thought for a moment and realized that they just wouldn't follow a human.
He said to himself, "How can I possibly save them? The only way would be for me to
become like those geese. If only I could become like one of them! Then I could
save them! They would follow me and I would lead them to safety.
At that moment, he stopped and considered what he had said. The words reverberated in his
mind: "If only I could become like one of them - then I could save them." And then,
at last, he understood God's heart towards mankind, and he fell on his knees in the snow and
worshipped Him.
Know God, then love and worship him.
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