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The True Gift of Christmas
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THE TRUE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS

There’s a beautiful story about the birth of Jesus, that teaches us an incredible truth about God’s heart. The shepherds came to see the newborn King, bringing their gifts. Some brought fruits of their labor, others brought treasures from their homes. But one shepherd stood off to the side. He was very poor, he didn’t have anything to give. Can you imagine how he must have felt? Embarrassed, overlooked, like he didn’t belong.

But then something amazing happened. Mary, holding Jesus, looked at that shepherd with compassion. She saw his empty hands, and she called him forward, and she placed Jesus into his arms. In that moment, those hands that once seemed so empty became the cradle for the greatest gift in history.

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DEATH OF QUEEN MELISENDE

Melisende was the first queen of Jerusalem, and her rule represented the apogee of royal power in the Latin kingdom during the twelfth century.

Melisende, the eldest of four sisters, was born around 1105. Her father Baldwin of Bourcq, Count of Edessa, had married Morphia, a daughter of the Armenian prince Gabriel of Melitene, a Greek Orthodox Armenian. Although the reasons for the marriage were political – Baldwin benefited greatly from the support of the Armenian nobility and the great dowry Morphia brought with her – the spouses became close allies over time.

When Baldwin became king of Jerusalem as Baldwin II in 1118, he moved his wife and four daughters to the holy city. He campaigned …

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