Three Christmas Gifts

I am very grateful for three lovely healing gifts this Christmas. The first was coming to church here at Plainfield for our Christmas Eve Candlelight service, surrounded by friends to enjoy the readings and music.

Then came the evening a little three-year-old came to our house and I brought him over to see the child’s crèche I had set up on a table. I had no idea what he would do or say; and when he exclaimed, “That’s baby Jesus!” and he made a cradle with his arms and started to sing, “Sleep baby Jesus, sleep.” We talked about the remaining figures and played with them.

The last gift was my eight-year-old grandchild. I told him that I was going to do a prayer Unity Watch, which he knew about, and that I would be closing my door as usual. About twenty minutes later, I saw the door handle turning, and in he came. I called him over and asked if he would like to see some of the prayers that I was saying; and when I read, “Thou art Truth’s honest child, of pure and sinless heart” (Hymn 382), he said, “That sounds like me.” He then turned and went quietly out the door, closing it behind him.

These were all wonderful gifts that I will always remember.