Showing posts with label I am come that they may have life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I am come that they may have life. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Two Lambs






Each year about this time, the first Christmas decoration to come out of our cupboard is this small pewter figurine of Mary and the baby Jesus with a little lamb at her side.  I've had it for 30 some years; having found it on a sale table at a bookstore for $5.  On the underside is stamped Concord pewter, and on the back, the signature Walli.

I've thought about that sculptor over the years, who managed to tell so much with so little; those simple lines show a Mother's devotion to the baby snuggling softly in her arms.

I love this little figurine, but more than that, I love the story it tells, of God who became a human being, who became a baby, to reach us, those children He loves.


"I came so they can have real and eternal life,
 more and better life than they ever dreamed of."

  Jesus, from John 10:10







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