Difference between revisions of "Sermon for November 29th, 2015"
(Created page with "==Luke 2:1-7== In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius w...") |
|||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
==The Friendly Beasts: A Donkey's Tale== | ==The Friendly Beasts: A Donkey's Tale== | ||
| + | "I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown, I carried His mother uphill and down, I carried His mother to Bethlehem town; I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown..." | ||
| + | |||
| + | What? Well I *used* to be shaggy and brown! What do you expect? That was 33 years ago. I'm not exactly a young donkey anymore. But I still carry my weight. And today...TODAY! I will carry HIM again today! I don't know how he found me, after 33 years. He couldn't possibly have remembered me...he was just a baby. And when his family left for Egypt, I did not carry him, or his mother then. I stayed here in Bethlehem. I had my own family, my own son--my own foal, the son of a donkey. | ||
| + | |||
| + | I heard that He eventually came back, but not to Bethlehem. To Nazareth, his parents' home. My parents' home, and the place where our journey began. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Our journey began...hmmmphh...you know, I'm telling you my life story here, so I should probably introduce myself first. I am a donkey, or as you might also say in your language, an ass. There are many donkeys in my country, Israel. There are many names for the noble ass. | ||
Revision as of 10:25, 27 November 2015
Luke 2:1-7
In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 All went to their own towns to be registered. 4 Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. 5 He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
The Friendly Beasts: A Donkey's Tale
"I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown, I carried His mother uphill and down, I carried His mother to Bethlehem town; I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown..."
What? Well I *used* to be shaggy and brown! What do you expect? That was 33 years ago. I'm not exactly a young donkey anymore. But I still carry my weight. And today...TODAY! I will carry HIM again today! I don't know how he found me, after 33 years. He couldn't possibly have remembered me...he was just a baby. And when his family left for Egypt, I did not carry him, or his mother then. I stayed here in Bethlehem. I had my own family, my own son--my own foal, the son of a donkey.
I heard that He eventually came back, but not to Bethlehem. To Nazareth, his parents' home. My parents' home, and the place where our journey began.
Our journey began...hmmmphh...you know, I'm telling you my life story here, so I should probably introduce myself first. I am a donkey, or as you might also say in your language, an ass. There are many donkeys in my country, Israel. There are many names for the noble ass.
