A Grandfather's Story

 "Never seen an angel before that night," the old man said to his grandson, "but that night one showed up in the sky above us.  It was a night just like this night, Reuben.  We were sitting around the fire.  The sheep were settled down just beyond the light of the flames.  The night sky was  clear.  And, back then and unlike tonight, we had all been drinking a bit too much wine.  I am sure your Ma has told you about me in those days.  But, there we were doing like we always had done and suddenly everything changed"    

"It happened so quick as if a bolt of lightning had struck from the sky.  A bright ball of light lit up the sky and an angel came from it speaking a word to us.  Of course, by the time the voice sounded we were all on the ground trying to hide from what we thought was surely going to be the end of us.  I remember laying there shaking and trembling like a leaf caught up by the wind and ready to fall to the ground.  The angel must have known because the first thing he said was, 'Don't be afraid.'  But, we were."     

"He told us about this child being born in Bethlehem and how he was not going to be just any child, but the Messiah.  Last I heard this child they named Jesus was going up toward Jerusalem, but that night He was in a bed of straw.  When the light was gone, old Jehu said,  'Let's go,' and we did.  We went to Bethlehem and saw the One the angel called the Savior.  My life has never been the same.  Ask your Ma.  Ask these others here with us.  The One called Jesus changed my life and, my boy, He can make all the difference in your life, too."