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The Christmas Scout by: Sam Bogan

12/15/2013

 
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In spite of the fun and laughter, 13-year-old Frank Wilson was not
happy. It was true he had received all the presents he wanted. And he
enjoyed the traditional Christmas Eve reunions with relatives for the
purpose of exchanging gifts and good wishes. But, Frank was not happy
because this was his first Christmas without his brother, Steve, who
during the year, had been killed by a reckless driver.

Frank missed his brother and the close companionship they had together.
Frank said good-bye to his relatives and explained to his parents that
he was leaving a little early to see a friend; and from there he could
walk home. Since it was cold outside, Frank put on his new plaid jacket.
It was his FAVORITE gift. He placed the other presents on his new sled.
Then Frank headed out, hoping to find the patrol leader of his Boy Scout
troop. Frank always felt understood by him. Though rich in wisdom, he
lived in the Flats, the section of town where most of the poor lived,
and his patrol leader did odd jobs to help support his family.

To Frank's disappointment, his friend was not at home. As Frank hiked
down the street toward home, he caught glimpses of trees and decorations
in many of the small houses. Then, through one front window, he glimpsed
a shabby room with limp stockings hanging over an empty fireplace. A
woman was seated nearby . . . weeping. The stockings reminded him of the
way he and his brother had always hung theirs side by side. The next
morning, they would be bursting with presents.

A sudden thought struck Frank -- he had not done his "good deed" for the
day. Before the impulse passed, he knocked on the door. "Yes?" the sad
voice of the woman asked. "May I come in?" asked Frank. "You are very
welcome," she said, seeing his sled full of gifts, and assuming he was
making a collection, "but I have no food or gifts for you. I have
nothing for my own children."

"That's not why I am here," Frank replied. "Please choose whatever
presents you would like for your children from the sled."

"Why, God bless you!" the amazed woman answered gratefully. She selected
some candies, a game, the toy airplane and a puzzle. When she took the
Scout flashlight, Frank almost cried out. Finally, the stockings were
full.

"Won't you tell me your name?" she asked, as Frank was leaving.

"Just call me the Christmas Scout," he replied.

The visit left Frank touched, and with an unexpected flicker of joy in
his heart. He understood that his sorrow was not the only sorrow in the
world. Before he left the Flats, he had given away the remainder of his
gifts. The plaid jacket had gone to a shivering boy.

Now Frank trudged homeward, cold and uneasy. How could he explain to his
parents that he had given his presents away? "Where are your presents,
son?" asked his father as Frank entered the house.

Frank answered, "I gave them away."

"The airplane from Aunt Susan? Your coat from Grandma? Your flashlight?
We thought you were happy with your gifts."

"I was - very happy," the boy answered quietly.

"But Frank, how could you be so impulsive?" his mother asked. "How will
we explain to the relatives who spent so much time and gave so much love
shopping for you?"

His father was firm. "You made your choice, Frank. We cannot afford any
more presents."

With his brother gone, and his family disappointed in him, Frank
suddenly felt dreadfully alone. He had not expected a reward for his
generosity, for he knew that a good deed always should be its own
reward. It would be tarnished otherwise. So he did not want his gifts
back; however he wondered if he would ever again truly recapture joy in
his life. He thought he had this evening, but it had been fleeting.
Frank thought of his brother, and sobbed himself to sleep.

The next morning, he came downstairs to find his parents listening to
Christmas music on the radio. Then the announcer spoke: "Merry
Christmas, everybody! The nicest Christmas story we have this morning
comes from the Flats. A crippled boy down there has a new sled this
morning, another youngster has a fine plaid jacket, and several families
report that their children were made happy last night by gifts from a
teenage boy who simply called himself the Christmas Scout. No one could
identify him, but the children of the Flats claim that the Christmas
Scout was a personal representative of old Santa Claus himself."

Frank felt his father's arms go around his shoulders, and he saw his
mother smiling through her tears. "Why didn't you tell us? We didn't
understand. We are so proud of you, son."

The carols came over the air again filling the room with music: "...
Praises sing to God the King, and peace to men on Earth."

The Christmas Scout's sacrifice gives us a little peek at the sacrifice
of the Father when He gave up His Best, His Son to be born to die to pay
for our sins on the cross, to save His needy people from their sinful
poverty of righteousness.

"I have showed you all things, how that so laboring ye ought to support
the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, 'It
is more blessed to give than to receive'." Acts 20:35

"But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what
your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then
your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."
Matthew 6:3-4 (NIV)

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