There was a man who hated Christmas
He snapped and snarled when he would see
the children playing happily
It reminded him of a time when he was young
when love came into his life
then came a time of strife
when illness came and the love of his life did die
his wife of thirty years
Pneumonia came and snuffed out her life
For many years he lived in misery
growing more bitter as the years went by
hating Christmas more and more
until one day he did see
a man who looked no more than 33
with a kind face and a smile as wide as could be
The man looked different than most men
His eyes could pierce to the man’s soul
They were filled with compassion for the widowed man
This stranger looked into the bitter man’s eyes
and said these words he never forgot
I have watched you now for seven years
I’ve heard your anger
I’ve felt your tears
I know you’re torn inside
and so many times have wanted to die
I was there when your wife came home to Me
You see I’m Jesus Christ the man of Galilee
and if you don’t believe in Me
Believe in the One who sent Me
My Father took your wife to His home on high
because she was filled with so much sadness
for you
because you chose to follow the god of money
instead of the God of your soul
She prayed and prayed and prayed some more
until she could pray no more
Filled with grief and sorrow for you
her life became filled with too much pain
Then, ill did she become
sick in body, spirit and mind
until the only merciful thing left for Me to do
was to take your wife home to heal her in Heaven
The man was shocked
He could not speak
He cried and then cried some more
and said to the Christ he had rejected so
please forgive me I didn’t know
that through my wife’s death she was given
her best Christmas present
of eternal life with with You
The Christ who I did hate and revile
thank you for the gift of your smile
I accept you as the Lord of my life
And from this day forth
I’ll tell others about You
Say hello to my wife for me
I’ll see her when my work for You is done
And with those words did Christ depart
as the man told others about Him in every shop and mart
about how from the death of his wife he came to life
And the man spoke of the greatest call
to love Christ our all in all
to love Christ our all in all
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