{"id":48,"date":"2016-12-06T20:57:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T20:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/papawsthoughts.com\/christmas\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2020-12-25T01:15:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T01:15:21","slug":"the-christmas-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papawsthoughts.com\/christmas\/index.php\/the-christmas-story\/","title":{"rendered":"2. The Christmas Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thousands enjoy Christmas as a wonderful religious holiday.<\/p>\n

The virgin birth becomes another religious myth.<\/p>\n

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Together with Frosty and Santa, they communicate encouraging stories for children.<\/p>\n

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Every world religion has ancient myths and stories to encourage and motivate us to be more loving.<\/p>\n

\"aztec-gods\"<\/a>\"budda-self-hope\"<\/a>Many people believe that these religions are all essentially the same. . .<\/p>\n

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But in fact every religion teaches about a god with a basic personality…\"hindu-kali-assassins\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And if you click the photos, you’ll see that these personalities are all different.<\/p>\n

We are obviously free to believe what we want, but . . .<\/p>\n

God is bigger than big and older than time . . .<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Do you want to\u00a0trust an all-powerful\u00a0creator?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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You have assurance that He is always loving and kind?<\/p>\n

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He is so intimately involved with His creation<\/p>\n

That He became a helpless child<\/p>\n

Just to communicate His love.<\/p>\n

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\nThis holiday season, prayerfully consider giving a gift of consolation to grieving families in your community.<\/span><\/a>\n\nLearn more at our devotional website thoughts4loss.com.<\/span><\/a><\/pre>\n
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. . . Meditate in His Presence day and night . . .<\/em><\/h4>\n
Psalm 1 (paraphrase)<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
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photos courtesy unsplash.com photographers<\/p>\n
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