A brother like that

It's almost Christmas and I find myself asking what I want for Christmas? What do I need? 




I came across this story and thought I would just share it. It did not have an author to attribute this to and I wish it did. This year I guess I want to be a brother (actually a sister) to my community like that.

Click HERE and listen to the song while you come back and read this. I think this is a great way to view this holiday season.

A Brother Like That

A man named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shining new car admiring it. "Is this your car, Mister?" he asked.

Paul nodded. "My brother gave it to me for Christmas." The boy was astounded. "You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you nothing? Boy, I wish..." He hesitated.

Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what this lad said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.

"I wish," the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that."
Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he added, "Would you like to take a ride in my automobile?"

"Oh yes, I'd love that." After a short ride, the boy turned with his eyes aglow and said, "Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house?"
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.

He ran up the steps. Then in a little while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car.

"There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And someday I'm gonna give you one just like it...and you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I've been trying to tell you about."

Paul got out and lifted the lad into the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride.

That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he had said: "It's more blessed to give..."

You never know what you can do that will change someone's life.  We've all been there and most of us have had someone there to help us out.  Don't let the chain of love end with you.  I would love if everyone gave of themselves this Christmas.  No matter what has happened in your life you are better off than others.  If you are reading this you can read, you have a computer, you have electricity and you have time.  Please remember that when you are deciding what you want for Christmas or what you will give someone else.

I want to leave you with this thought:

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