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Christmas

through the Eyes

• f a Child

“Awakening our Imagination”

“Your inability to understand stems from a failure of imagination on your part.”

INtellect

will ImagINatIoN

Imagination

The act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality.

I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18:3

“The process of growing up is to be valued for what we gain, not for what we lose. Not to acquire a taste for the realistic is childish in a bad sense; to have lost the taste for marvels and adventures is no more a matter for congratulations than losing our teeth,

• ur hair, our palate, and finally our hopes.”
• C.S. Lewis

The story wIthout IMAGINATION:

THIS IS HOW THE BIRTH OF JESUS CA CAME ABOUT: T: HIS M MOTHER ER MARY WAS P PLEDGED GED TO BE MARRIED TO JOSEPH, H, BUT BEFORE THEY CA CAME TOGETH ETHER ER, , SH SHE WAS F S FOUND TO BE WI WITH CH CHIL ILD THROUG UGH THE HOLY SPIRIT. BECA CAUSE E JOSEPH H HER HUSBAND D WAS A R RIGHTE TEOUS OUS MAN AND DID N NOT WANT T TO EXP XPOSE HER TO PUBLIC C DISGRACE CE, HE H HAD IN M MIND TO DIVORCE CE HER QUIETLY. Y.

• MATTHEW

HEW 1:18-19 19

The story wIth IMAGINATION:

This is is ho how w th the e birt rth h of Jesus us cam ame e ab about: t: His mother ther Mar ary was as pl pledge ged d to to be be mar arri ried ed to to Joseph, seph, but t before

• re th

they ey cam ame e to toge geth ther, er, she e was as fo foun und d to to be be with th ch child ld th thro rough ugh th the e Holy ly Sp Spiri rit.

• t. Becaus

cause e Joseph eph her r husba sband nd was as a a ri righ ghteous teous man an an and did not t wan ant t to to expos pose e her r to to pu publ blic c di disgr grace, ace, he had ad in mi mind d to to divorce rce her r quietly. tly.

• matt

tthe hew 1:18 1:18-19 19

The story wIth IMAGINATION:

This is is ho how w th the e birt rth h of Jesus us cam ame e ab about: t: His mother ther Mar ary was as pl pledge ged d to to be be mar arri ried ed to to Joseph, seph, but t before

• re th

they ey cam ame e to toge geth ther, er, she e was as fo foun und d to to be be with th ch child ld th thro rough ugh th the e Holy ly Sp Spiri rit.

• t. Becaus

cause e Joseph eph her r husba sband nd was as a a ri righ ghteous teous man an an and did not t wan ant t to to expos pose e her r to to pu publ blic c di disgr grace, ace, he had ad in mi mind d to to divorce rce her r quietly. tly.

• matt

tthe hew 1:18 1:18-19 19

When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

Matthew 1:20-25

a + b = c

warNINg:

THE HE SA SAME ME IM IMAGINATI GINATION ON THAT AT ALLOW OWS S A PE PERSON RSON TO O BELIE IEVE VE IN IN MAKE KE-BE BELIEVE LIEVE IS IS ALSO SO THE HE IM IMAGIN GINATION ATION THAT HAT IS IS ES ESSE SENTIAL NTIAL TO O LI LIVING ING A LI LIFE FE OF OF REALITY ALITY.