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All of us at Grace Heritage Ranch would like to take this time to wish you all a very merry and blessed Christmas!\u00a0 Thank you for your support and encouragement to us this past year.\u00a0 We pass along to you a written narrative of a video titled \u201cThe Paradox of Christmas\u201d.\u00a0 Reflect upon the words below that seem to be contradictory, but are nonetheless, true.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo thousand years ago, in the small town of Bethlehem, one silent<\/strong>\u00a0night loudly<\/strong>\u00a0proclaimed God\u2019s love for the entire world.\u00a0 For, our\u00a0all powerful God<\/strong>\u00a0came to earth in the form of a helpless child<\/strong>.\u00a0 And though\u00a0many\u00a0<\/strong>people had waited for His coming,\u00a0few\u00a0<\/strong>actually noticed this baby\u2019s arrival.\u00a0 So much so, that there was\u00a0no room<\/strong>\u00a0for Him that night\u2026 in the\u00a0world which\u00a0He <\/em>had made<\/strong>.<\/p>\n But still, He came.\u00a0 He who was\u00a0divine<\/strong>\u00a0became\u00a0human<\/strong>.\u00a0 He traded in His\u00a0heavenly seat<\/strong>\u00a0for an\u00a0earthly manger<\/strong>.\u00a0 He exchanged\u00a0robes of splendor<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0swaddling clothes<\/strong>.\u00a0 He left the songs of a\u00a0multitude of angels<\/strong>\u00a0for the praises of a\u00a0few humble shepherds<\/strong>.\u00a0 That night, though Jesus\u00a0left His throne<\/strong>, He became our King<\/strong>:\u00a0 a King who came\u00a0not to\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>served<\/strong>, but\u00a0to<\/em>\u00a0serve<\/strong>; a King, whose\u00a0death<\/strong>\u00a0would bring us\u00a0life<\/strong>; a King, whose\u00a0single sacrifice<\/strong>\u00a0would serve as the ransom for\u00a0us all<\/strong>.\u00a0 So, it is the paradox of Christmas that calls\u00a0you<\/em>\u00a0to respond.\u00a0 Though there are presents still waiting for you to receive, this season is truly about the gift\u2026 that you have\u00a0already\u00a0<\/em>been given.\u201d<\/p>\n Again, we hope you have an enjoyable time with family and friends.\u00a0 While we enjoy that blessing, let\u2019s keep those in prayer who are away from family defending our country either here or around the world and those on the \u201cfront lines\u201d protecting us daily in our communities.\u00a0 Christmas Blessings to you all!<\/p>\n Brian and Mary Schalk<\/strong> All of us at Grace Heritage Ranch would like to take this time to wish you all a very merry and blessed Christmas!\u00a0 Thank you for your support and encouragement to us this past year.\u00a0 We pass along to you a written narrative of a video titled \u201cThe Paradox of Christmas\u201d.\u00a0 Reflect upon the words […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grace-heritage-ranch","category-web-exclusive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3037,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions\/3037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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