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The Christmas Towel
This is a poem that can be
given with a towel
At first glance, it is easy to
look at a towel as a most ordinary object. Have you ever stopped to
think that for thousands of years the towel has been used for many
wonderful purposes.
For example, the mother who
wipes the tears of a child to soothe an emotional or physical hurt; the
physician who binds the wounds of a bleeding patient; or the woman in
her home wiping her hands as she moves from task to task.
Perhaps the most significant
use of the towel happened nearly two thousand years ago when our Savior,
only hours before he hung on the cross, took an ordinary towel in His
loving hands and dried the feet of His disciples. This simple, loving
act personifies the selflessness and loving service we seek to give
during our lives. It illustrates that an ordinary thing like a towel,
in the right hands, and with a giving heart, can lighten another's
load. As with every action performed by the Savior on this earth, His
act of service reminds us that simple day-to-day kindnesses are the
Savior's way to bless and comfort.
This towel is given with love,
and with the hope you will do works of goodness with it as the Savior
did so many years ago. |