Hello World!
Welcome to my Christmas Series of Stories!
A Brother Like That – by Dan Clark
A college friend of mine named Paul received a new automobile from his brother as a pre-Christmas present. On Christmas Eve, when Paul came out of his office, a little boy was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. “Is this your car, Mister?”
Paul nodded, “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.”
The boy looked astounded. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…”
He hesitated, and Paul knew what he was going to wish. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But then what the boy said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels. “I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.”
Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he added, “Would you like to ride in my car?”
“Oh, yes, I’d love that!” After a short ride the boy turned, and with his eyes aglow said, “Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house?”
Paul smiled a little, he thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop right where those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He ran up the steps. Then in a little while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little disabled brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him, and pointed to the car. “There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas, and it didn’t cost him a cent, and someday I’m gonna give you one just like it; then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the little boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable Holiday ride.
That Christmas Eve Paul learned what Jesus meant when He said: “It is more blessed to give.”
May your evening be blessed and peaceful. Remember to be kind to one another. Joy to the Full!
Toodles,
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