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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi there, my name is the Reverend Pat Allerton and I'm a vicar in the Church of England
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I'm sure like me that over the years you've received your fair share of duff Christmas presents
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Perhaps a toy you really didn't want as a child, or hideous tie so kindly meant, as the poet laureate John Betjeman put it
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But when the three wise men arrive from the east, they bring with them gifts which, if it was me, might receive mixed reviews
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Gold, top notch, good effort. Frankincense, hmm, okay. But myrrh? Wow, thanks for that one
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Myrrh usually being associated with death and embalming dead bodies. But the truth is that each of these gifts were more than just a joint birthday and Christmas present
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They prophetically pointed towards who this baby was and what he come to do Gold a gift fit for a king
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Frankincense, that speaks of our worship and prayers going up before God
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And myrrh, the gift that pointed towards the sacrificial death that Jesus had come to die on the cross for the sins of the world
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and there's an amazing line in Matthew's gospel that says on coming to the house they saw the child with his mother Mary
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and they bowed down and worshipped him. The wisdom of these men is seen in their worship of the Christ child
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and that's a path that's open to each and every one of us
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For as the beloved Carol says Where meek souls will receive him still
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The dear Christ enters in God bless you
