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They Believed In the Savior

The were the three Magi with mantels and beards, traveling on strong camels as far as Bethlehem and having seen a wondrous star, they began their long journey by bringing precious gifts, but they warned Joseph and Mary of Herod's malicious intent...so they fled to Egypt on a donkey that never complain of a sore hip! They believed in the Savior as Herod himself full of pride, and being very wise, they never returned to tell him what kind of child they had found! They brought their gifts and knelt at a child whose fate as foretold was to die for us all, and he gladly accepted them hearing His Father's call! Not having heard from the Wise Men who had lied to Him, Herod sent his soldiers to kill all children under three: screams terrorized Bethlehem; no, they weren't moved by their mother's painful cry and shedding their innocent blood they revenged that lie! O mothers of Bethlehem, Jesus knew that they were slaughtered because of Him! O mothers of Bethlehem, you wept and moaned as they bled as a sacrificial lamb! They believed in the Savior from what they had read, and wanted to see for themselves the glorious event that Daniel spoken of: the brightest star shining over Bethlehem as angels sang, announcing Christ's birth in a small town groping on a hill of citrus and clove! Written on December 16, 2012

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