ON A SNOWY CHRISTMAS EVE
The endearing true story
of an aging artist bitter with life and the family he once loved. The vinegary
old man and his dog, Rudy, live in a small Canadian village nestled in the
heart of British
Columbia.
Who can change such a bitter, broken heart? The answer comes when Bernie faces
himself and his past during a children’s Christmas pageant.
This bittersweet and stirring story is for all ages, for all who believe in the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ, God’s gift to the world. If you are looking for spiritual significance during this highly commercialized holiday season and want your family to understand the “true” meaning of Christmas, then this story is for you. What makes the beautifully written narrative so special is that it really happened, not so very long ago on a snowy Christmas Eve.
This bittersweet and stirring story is for all ages, for all who believe in the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ, God’s gift to the world. If you are looking for spiritual significance during this highly commercialized holiday season and want your family to understand the “true” meaning of Christmas, then this story is for you. What makes the beautifully written narrative so special is that it really happened, not so very long ago on a snowy Christmas Eve.
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Some stories are written from a
vivid imagination, woven like threads in a tapestry to become alive with color
and contrast, with sight and sound. Some stories are mere ideas, thoughts, and
reflections, methodically and carefully framed into words that tell the tale.
Still others, like my own, are the experiences of life lived, of stories
and events more wonderful than a fiction writer could ever produce. This is where I write. And God, who is
the Master Author, holds the pen. (from Christmas Comes to Ernie)
©Ruth Carmichael Ellinger/2001
It is often
said that the pen is the tongue of the soul and the heart is revealed in things
written. For a writer to capture the reader, error free technique and perfect
sentence structure alone, is not enough. You must capture the reader with your passion,
words and images that the reader feels are coming from your heart.
I
write because of an inspiration within, because the Spirit compels me to write
my stories and this is not simply my own choice. To me, it is a moral duty, an
obligation to my readers to write the truth in a way that allows them to see themselves
reflected in a spiritual context. Readers can relate to the circumstances
written in the story, work out similar problems, consider who they are in
relationship to God, and where they are going in that relationship.
Words are easily written just as they are easily spoken. Those same
words placed in neat columns on a tablet, of read from a page in a dictionary
or thesaurus are innocent in themselves, yet the same words can be mightily
used under the influence of the Holy Spirit.
Words have the power to persuade
for good or evil. If words fall from the lips of a resentful or abusive person,
or are written with the thread of bitterness, how unworthy is such an effort. If
a person desires to write a story in noble and gracious style, let the writer
first have a gracious and noble heart, then his writing and instruction will be
a reflection of his noble life. ♥
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