Christmas Sam
Luke 1:49 - For the Mighty One has
done great things for me -- holy is his name. (NIV)
I call him Christmas Sam because he doesn't just enter a room, rather, he bursts
in with his face radiant, as bright as a night star, and with legs that wobble a
wee bit like Tiny Tim's. If he should fall, he just jumps back up with a happy
smile and refuses to let the wobble slow him down. He has a twin sister who sits
at the dinner table beside him. Together they give thanks and sample the
offerings on their plate. It is at this point that Sam looks at his sister with
soft round eyes and says, "You are beautiful, and I am wonderful." The joyous
quality of his voice could set the Christmas bells ringing.
It is hard to believe that this child, this Christmas Sam, was almost lost to
us, for when Sam was but a few weeks old, he lay in a coma for an entire summer.
Sam was on life support. The machine's lights blinked, and tubes hissed as he
lay. Beside his tiny hospital bed sat his mother. She sang to him; she read to
him, often touching and stroking him with hands and voice. This mother's prayers
ascended like a love song to the throne of God and the heart of His Lamb. Sam
was delivered and given back to us whole. I call him Christmas Sam because by
that first Christmas, we knew that Sam was truly here to stay! My nephew is now
four years old.
Many years ago, the most honoured mother of all, Mary, lifted her voice in a
love song to the Father. In today's Scripture, she sang, "For the Mighty One has
done great things for me -- holy is his name." Her song preceded Christ's birth.
He came to deliver us all and to help wee ones like Sam. And it is Mary's song
that I ponder this season, as I give thanks for our Lord's birth and for the
healing of Christmas Sam.
Prayer: O Mighty One, as we enter into the wonder of the season, we know the
reason that we should lift our hearts and voices in song, and sing as Mary did,
to say thank You for the birth of Your Son. He is with us! Amen.
Sandra Kay Taylor santaylors1@aol.com
Westminster, South Carolina, USA
Thanks to http://daily.presbycan.ca