I saw this in Decision magazine. I loved it so I couldn't resist posting it.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of delma bliss Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 10:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: His Star wow i like this, thanks jan for posting it Delma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:24 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] His Star > > His Star > > By Anne Graham Lotz > > As you leafed through this magazine, why did you stop at this page? > What got your attention? Was it the title? The graphic? When you go to > the mall, what cause you to stop and browse in a particular > department? Is it the display of items? The colors? The fragrance? > What makes you pause your channel surfing to watch a particular > television commercial, The sound of the music or the announcer's voice? > Our senses are bombarded 24/7 by thousands of sounds and sights. > Marketing companies spend significant amounts of money to determine how > to get our attention for whatever they are trying to sell or promote. > Politicians have highly paid staff members who do nothing but analyze > how to get publicity for their candidate so that we will be drawn to > vote for him or her. > I wonder... What would I have used to get the world to turn aside > and look at a tiny Baby? How could I turn the world's attention to an > Infant, wrapped in swaddling clothes,and lying in a manger, in a > stable, behind some Inn, in an obscure Judean town? A trumpet blast? A > lightning bolt? A thunderous announcement from Mount Sinai? > When God wanted to get the attention of His own People to look into > his own Infant face, He sent angels. When he wanted to get the attention > of the nations of the world, wrapped up in their own religious > traditions and belief systems, He used a Star. > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.18/586 - Release Date: > 12/13/2006 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
