WHAT IF 568

                                                                
                                                            WHAT IF  568

                            What if there had been no decree
                            of taxation two thousand years ago?
                            Would Mary and Joseph have travelled
                            to Bethlehem?

                            What if shepherds had not been tending
                            their flocks on the Judean hillsides? Who 
                            would have heard the angelic choir?

                            What if certain intellectuals from the East
                            had not meticulously studied the scriptures
                            and ancient prophesies concerning the signs
                            of the times. Would we still have called them 
                            wise men?

                            What if there had been several inns with many
                            vacancies? Would Jesus still have been born
                            of humble birth?

                            And, most importantly of all, what if Christ had
                            never entered our world as a tiny baby? Who 
                            would have given us the light and the hope 
                            we so desperately need to lead a full and
                            abundant life?

                            Over this Christmas season, we joyously celebrate
                            God's greatest miracle, the birth of his son,
                            Jesus Christ.

                            (First published on December 28,1978)
 





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