Celebrating the birth of the Christ child takes many forms but the message remains the same. It tells of love.
As a young girl, in the church I attended at that time, I played Mary, the mother of Jesus, in a nativity production our Sunday School put on for the congregation one year. I remember thinking that I must have been a particularly good girl to have been chosen for such an important part. A warm feeling filled my heart as I knelt in front of a little manger with a doll in it, representing the baby Jesus.
That was years ago, but I was touched during that simple experience with a sweet sense of love, the very essence of holiness. What I felt on my knees that night had nothing to do with the doll or the manger. I experienced the presence of God and His love, or the Christ. I've never forgotten that wonderful feeling.
