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19 November, 2008

just one

Filed under: sharing — barry @ 10:21 pm

I had the privilege of handing out presents at a Christmas party which was arranged for children from a poor area of our town who attend a pre-primary school.  My church is quite involved in supporting the school and I was asked to hand out all the presents to the girls - they each received a doll.

Each child’s name was called out and the little girl would call out “Present Miss”.  Then she would come forward to receive her gift.  It was a humbling experience to see the gratitiude on these children’s faces.  And as I stood and watched them all clinging to their new dolls, it struck me how content they were with just ONE present!

And I thought to myself - Ah, to be content with just one gift at Christmas time. 

What a blessing…