One of five sisters, Kathy Levine likes to tell this Christmas story about their mother’s manger scene.
It wasn’t much, just rough wood fashioned into a simple manger. What made it special was that it had come into the family the first Christmas her mother and father were married.
When her mother died at 84, the manger was the only item multiple family members claimed, saying, “But Nanny promised it to me!” It threatened to become a full-blown family feud.
A young worker at the local lumber yard resolved the sisterly feud, and for only $3.75. He copied the manger exactly, even to the bumps and scars and the crooked gate that opened off to one side.
Plus he made an extra copy just in case. The charge of $3.75 was for materials. He said he made them at home in his free time, and that was the total cost for the wood. There was no charge for his labor.
Each person who felt they were promised Nanny’s manger got one, even to the crooked gate they all remembered and adored.
John 3:16 is God making sure we all get access to his love and grace:
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
To each of us, to each of us, to each of us. No one is left out, and the price is one we can all afford to pay.
God’s gift of his Son on Christmas day is free, free, free. Enjoy!
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