319. From Meridian Magazine, "Beggars at the Manger" -- on showing compassion.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL YOU DEAR PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. I HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR HEARTS DESIRES, AND KNOW THAT JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU! I have read several wonderful articles today, and it is hard to decide which one to share with my dear reader friends. I believe this one is appropriate for the day before Christmas. My husband is again in the hospital, with low oxygen and kidney problems. He feels better today, but we hope he will be home tonight to talk to our dear missionary grandsons who are in Indonesia and Taiwan. Christmas Eve is their Christmas morning -- they are 12 or 13 hours ahead of us. December 24, 2014 LINE UPON LINE Beggars at the Manger By Maurine Proctor · December 23, 2014 I have seen many beggars and their haunted, disheveled eyes have stuck with me. A fully-grown man, stunted so he was only half my height, caught up to walk beside me at a train station in India. I had come to see the Taj Mahal, but he is what I wou