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It Happened in Bethlehem

Brenda Carroll Jarvis

Mar 17, 2023

A Children's Christmas Story

   Asher has asked for months to go with his  grandfather, a shepherd, to watch the sheep through the night. Every time Saba said no, but one special night he agreed Asher could go.  That night out in the field, Asher, lying on the ground near the fire, counted stars in the sky. He listened as Saba told him of a long-awaited promise of God.   Asher has asked for months to go with his  grandfather, a shepherd, to watch the sheep through the night. Every time Saba said no, but one special night he agreed Asher could go.  That night out in the field, Asher, lying on the ground near the fire, counted stars in the sky. He listened as Saba told him of a long-awaited promise of God.

   He was awaken to an incredible sight in the sky with an announcement from an angel that would change the world forever.

   Asher and Saba go to see things just as they were described by the angel.   Asher returns home to tell his grandmother that  there is a  young mother in a stable who needs her help, …

 


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