A Christmas Story ( a really good one)

(This is from an article in Meridian Magazine by Bill Freeze.

I post this because it strikes a cord with me and I want to look back on it during those hard times to give me perspective.)

The loss and devastation inside the Provo Tabernacle.

but look at the middle of this picture.  A burnt out frame laying in the rubble and ashes.

For most viewing the interior it was a total loss…and then yesterday a fireman removed one of the many pieces of art work in the building…it is the building’s only survivor…a picture of Jesus Christ. The fire had seared the picture all around the frame and most of the picture…except the figure of our Lord and redeemer….He somehow survived.

Isn’t that really the message of our Christmas season? When we are downtrodden, heartbroken, sick, poor, miserable…when all seems lost…that little child of Bethlehem that came into the world over 2,000 years ago is still with us. His message, mission and life are eternal and when the flames of death attack us he survives and saves not only himself, but all of mankind.

(ps:  the firefighter on the left in this picture is Clay Starnes.  Just found out.  Thanks Raechal.)