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Hello Oak Ridge family and friends. Today we're

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in for a special treat as Ron has arranged for

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us to hear from the beloved Aslee Tatum in her

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retirement home and she was so eager to share

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with us some words about how she's waited for

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Christ and Christmas and some scriptures that

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we have for the Advent reading. I grew up on

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a 350 acres next to the oldest of five children.

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We lived in a two bedroom and we've had a gracious

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life. One day, our father brought in a Christmas

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tree that would almost not go through the door.

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We decorated with a few little decorations, put

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icicles on it, and then at night we sat around

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the fireplace with my grandfather there. a charge

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hero. He says, hand me a poker. I'll trip Santa

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Claus when he comes down and we'll get all the

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presents. Naive, but memories explore. We didn't

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know much about Jesus' birth growing up, but

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we knew it was his Savior. We knew that he died

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for us. We knew that he was coming again. But

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as I developed over the years, The birth of Jesus

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gives me shivers. The thing that God would give

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is his son, a baby son that we might have lived

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and reached eternal life. May we ever rejoice

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and be thankful. I've been asked to read Galatians

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1, 4 through 7. and 2 Samuel 7, 18 through 22.

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I advise you to read those scriptures. Now I

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say that the heir, as long as he is a child,

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does not differ at all from a slave, though he

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is master of all, but is under guardians and

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stewards until the time appointed by his mother,

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even so we, when we were children, were in bondage.

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under the elements of the world. But when the

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fifth fullness of the time had come, God sent

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forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the

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law, to redeem those who were under the law,

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that we might receive the adoption as sons. And

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because you are sons, God has sent forth the

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spirit of His Son into your hearts. crying out

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of a father. Therefore, you are no longer a slave,

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but a son. And if a son, then an heir of God

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through Christ. King David went in and sat before

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the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord Jesus?

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And what is my home that you have brought me

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this far? And yet this was a small thing in your

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sight, O Lord God, and you have also spoken of

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your servant's house for a great while to come.

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In this manner of man, O Lord God, now what more

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can David say to me or for you? Lord God, I know

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your servant. For your words say, and according

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to your own heart, you have done all these great

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things to know your servant. Therefore, you are

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great, O Lord God, for there is none of you,

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nor is there any God beside you according to

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all that we have heard with our ears. Your voice,

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O Lord, is powerful. The voice of you, O Lord,

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is majestic. We worship you with gladness and

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come before you with joyful songs and know that

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you are God. On this season, I, Ashley, say Merry

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Christmas. At this season, O Lord, we celebrate

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the birth of your son born in Bethlehem during

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the time of King Herod and who killed the babies

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in Bethlehem. An angel of the Lord appeared to

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Joseph to flee to Egypt. After Herod died, an

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angel continuously directed Joseph. In a dream,

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Joseph was directed to Nazareth. Matthew painted

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a picture of Jesus as the true Messiah announced

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by God through the prophets. In Matthew 28 10,

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Jesus said to them, Do not be afraid. Go and

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tell my brothers to go to Galilee. There they

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will see me. Jesus speaks to us through the scriptures.

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Don't be afraid to believe. My Lord is my helper,

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I shall not be afraid. Merry Christmas and do

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not be afraid. I am Ashley, age 95. Be not afraid,

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or ere be tide. Your Savior will take care of

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us.