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Oh look, Chicken Thursday - on the shortest day of the year (in the Northern Hemisphere!)

The water tank at Cybersalt World Headquarters has started to leak, but we are thankful it is a very, very slow leak right now. We are also thankful that we (Susan) noticed it when we did so it can be replaced before Christmas. The replacement tank will be free because our current tank is still under warrantee. It was installed on February 20, 2019. I know that because I took an indelible black marker and wrote the date on top after the installer left. I knew the day would come when I wondered when it had been installed.

I did the same thing with each of our children when they were born, but unfortunately the dates eventually wore off, so I had to memorize them instead.

Today's video share is a lively and unique performance of "The 12 Days of Christmas."
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Enjoy the rest of today's mailing.

~ Pastor Tim 

It was coming up to Christmas and Sammy asked his mom if he could have a new bike.  So, she told him that the best idea would be to write to Santa Claus. 

But Sam, having just played a vital role in the school nativity play, said he would prefer to write to the baby Jesus. So his mom told him that would be fine.

Sam went to his room and wrote ' Dear Jesus, I have been a very good boy and would like to have a bike for Christmas.'

But he wasn't very happy when he read it over. 

So he decided to try again and this time he wrote 'Dear Jesus, I'm a good boy most of the time and would like a bike for Christmas.'

He read it back and wasn't happy with that one either. 

He tried a third version. 'Dear Jesus, I could be a good boy if I tried hard and especially if I had a new bike.'

He read that one too, but he still wasn't satisfied.

So, he decided to go out for a walk while he thought about a better approach.  After a short time he passed a house with a small statue of the Virgin Mary in the front garden.  He crept in, stuffed the statue under his coat, hurried home and hid it under the bed.

Then he wrote this letter.  'Dear Jesus, if you want to see your mother again, you'd better send me a new bike.'

The worst part about not buying snacks so you won't eat snacks is not having snacks when you need a lil snack!

"Be a Billionaire!"

and Help

Refugees and

Persecuted Christians

I am terrified of the Santa at the mall where I work.

Our company psychiatrist met with me and has discovered I am Claustrophobic.

"When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things, not the great occasions, give off the greatest glow of happiness."

- Bob Hope

If you like this one, there is another version of the "Love Chapter" (1 Corinthians 13) rewritten for Christmas here. 

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If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do not show love to my family, I'm just another decorator.

If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas cookies, preparing gourmet meals and arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime: but do not show love to my family, I'm just another cook.

If I work at a soup kitchen carol in the nursing home, and give all that I have to charity; but do not show love to my family, it profits me nothing.

If I trim the spruce with shimmering angels and crocheted snowflakes, attend a myriad of holiday parties and sing in the choir's cantata but do not focus on Christ,  have missed the point.

Love stops the cooking to hug the child.

Love sets aside the decorating to kiss the spouse.

Love is kind, though harried and tired.

Love doesn't envy another's home that has coordinated Christmas china and table linens.

Love doesn't yell at the kids to get out of the way, but is thankful they are there to be in the way.

Love doesn't give only to those who are able to give in return; but rejoices in giving to those who can't.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things endures all things.

Love never fails.

Video games will break, pearl necklaces will be lost, golf clubs will rust; but giving the gift of love will endure.

Featured Illustrations are items well suited for illustrating or inspiring a point in a sermon, speech, or devotional. Funny, moving, or perhaps even graphic, the point of them is the point you make with them.

The Cybersalt Digest is a ministry of Pastor Tim and Cybersalt.