ANTICIPATION OF AN INVITATION (4 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Luke 2:21-39
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Anticipation of an Invitation (4 of 4)
Series: A Straight-up Christmas
Jeff Strite
Luke 2:21-39
Frances Green was an 83-year-old woman in California who lived by herself, and whose only means of support was her Social Security check. She didn't have much money, but for 8 years she'd been sending $1 a year to the Republican National Committee. Well, one day Frances got a fund-raising letter in the mail from the RNC. It was a beautiful cream colored paper with black and gold lettering, and it invited the recipient to come to the White House to meet President Reagan. But what she hadn't noticed was that the invitation implied that this was only for those who would give a generous donation. She just thought she'd been invited because they appreciated her dollar a year support.
Francis was excited, and scraped up every cent she had to take a 4 day train ride to Washington D.C. And when she arrived at the White House gate, the guard saw a little elderly woman with white hair and with white powder all over her face, wearing white stockings, an old hat with white netting, and an all-white dress, that was yellowed with age. She gave the guard her name. But the man frowned as he glanced over his official list. Her name wasn't there. She couldn't go in. And she was heartbroken.
A representative with the Ford Motor Company overheard her story and told her that obviously been a mistake and that she was to come back at 9 the next morning. Then he got word to President Reagan ... who agreed to see her.
At 9 o'clock she arrived full of anticipation and excitement, and in spite of the fact that the Reagan was very busy with high level meetings, when she came to his office, he rose from his desk and said: ''Frances! Those darn computers, they fouled up again! If I'd known you were coming I would have come out there to get you myself.''
Then he sat down with her and they talked for about an hour about her life and her family and about the city she lived in. Francis felt ...
Series: A Straight-up Christmas
Jeff Strite
Luke 2:21-39
Frances Green was an 83-year-old woman in California who lived by herself, and whose only means of support was her Social Security check. She didn't have much money, but for 8 years she'd been sending $1 a year to the Republican National Committee. Well, one day Frances got a fund-raising letter in the mail from the RNC. It was a beautiful cream colored paper with black and gold lettering, and it invited the recipient to come to the White House to meet President Reagan. But what she hadn't noticed was that the invitation implied that this was only for those who would give a generous donation. She just thought she'd been invited because they appreciated her dollar a year support.
Francis was excited, and scraped up every cent she had to take a 4 day train ride to Washington D.C. And when she arrived at the White House gate, the guard saw a little elderly woman with white hair and with white powder all over her face, wearing white stockings, an old hat with white netting, and an all-white dress, that was yellowed with age. She gave the guard her name. But the man frowned as he glanced over his official list. Her name wasn't there. She couldn't go in. And she was heartbroken.
A representative with the Ford Motor Company overheard her story and told her that obviously been a mistake and that she was to come back at 9 the next morning. Then he got word to President Reagan ... who agreed to see her.
At 9 o'clock she arrived full of anticipation and excitement, and in spite of the fact that the Reagan was very busy with high level meetings, when she came to his office, he rose from his desk and said: ''Frances! Those darn computers, they fouled up again! If I'd known you were coming I would have come out there to get you myself.''
Then he sat down with her and they talked for about an hour about her life and her family and about the city she lived in. Francis felt ...
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