Are You Small Enough?

The story of Christmas is humility...humility in the presence of Majesty, and Divinity. The naturalist William Beabe used to visit Teddy Roosevelt at Sangamore Hill, and the two of them would spend many hours in conversation.

After an evening of talk, they would go out onto the lawn, where they took turns at an amusing little astronomical rite. They searched until they found, the faint, heavenly spot of light‑mist beyond the lower left‑hand corner of the Great Square of Pegasus, and then one or the other of them would recite:

"That is the Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda.
It is as large as our Milky Way.
It is one of a hundred million galaxies.
It is 750,000 light‑years away.
It consists of one hundred billion suns,
each larger than our own sun."

And then, after an interval, Colonel Roosevelt would grin at his friend, and say: "Now I think we are small enough: let's go to bed." (The book of Naturalists, P. 234 Alfred A. Knopt, New York, 1944)

In Bethlehem, at the Church of the Holy Nativity which is presumed to house the location of the birth of the Christ, there is a very low entrance door. At one time, it was a high, exalted entrance. But pagan, enemy forces used to ride into the church on horseback to disperse the worshipers gathered there. And so, the door was blocked in the upper areas, with stones, cemented into a low arch. No one can enter now, without first dismounting from whatever high‑horse he may be mounted upon, and must now enter on foot.

The Christ who is exalted, can be worshiped only by those who are willing to humble themselves.

A store during the Christmas season had advertised a novelty Christ‑child doll. It was an unbreakable, washable, 9 inch model of the Christ‑child, packaged in straw and a crib. The price was $8.00. A deluxe model with beautiful cathedral background cost $12.00.

A comparison shopper during the last few days before Christmas excitedly reported that the Jones' store had marked Jesus Christ down 50%.

Don't mark Him down! Don't ever cheapen the baby Jesus. Exalt Him! Lift Him up! For truly, the finest treasure ever presented was given, on Christmas night, so many years ago. And we must come humbly, to behold His glory, and to accept His Gift, given to us.