Throughout this month I will try to share some of my favorite Christmas stories and poems that inspire me. \u00a0This story below is one I heard when I was growing up and I still remember the way it struck me as I heard it. It has a great message that inspires you to want to always try to be a person like that…<\/p>\n
A brother like that<\/span> (story by Dan Clark)<\/p>\n A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a young, roguish-looking kid was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. \u201cIs this your car, Mister?\u201d the boy asked.<\/p>\n Paul nodded. \u201cMy brother gave it to me for Christmas.\u201d The boy was astounded. \u201cYou mean your brother gave it to you and it didn\u2019t cost you nothing? Boy, I wish\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Paul knew what the boy was going to wish \u2013 for a brother like that. But what the lad said jarred Paul all the way to his heels.<\/p>\n \u201cI wish that I could be a brother like that.\u201d<\/p>\n Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he responded, \u201cWould you like to go for a ride in my new car?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOh yes, I\u2019d love that!\u201d<\/p>\n After a short ride, the boy turned with his eyes aglow and said, \u201cMister, would you mind driving in front of my house?\u201d<\/p>\n Paul smiled a little. Again, he thought he knew what the lad wanted\u2026to show his neighbors that he was riding in a big, new automobile. But he was wrong again. \u201cWill you stop at those two steps?\u201d the boy asked.<\/p>\n The boy ran up the steps. In a little while, Paul heard him coming back, but moving quite slowly. The lad was carrying his younger, handicapped brother. The boy sat his brother down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up again him and pointed to the car.<\/p>\n \u201cThere she is, buddy, just like I told you! His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn\u2019t cost him a cent. And someday I\u2019m gonna give you one just like it\u2026then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I\u2019ve been trying to tell you about.\u201d<\/p>\n Paul got out of the car and lifted the younger child to the front seat. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside the small child and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride.<\/p>\n That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he said: \u201cIt is more blessed to give\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n I love that story!!! Have an amazing day everyone!<\/p>\n ~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Throughout this month I will try to share some of my favorite Christmas stories and poems that inspire me. \u00a0This story below is one I heard when I was growing up and I still remember the way it struck me as I heard it. 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