The Match Stick Cross
Bunny and Rich were married in August, 1969. The young couple had very little extra money for Christmas presents come that December. After much prayer, it was decided that we would make Christmas presents. So we purchased boxes of matches and cut out cardboard crosses. Rich went out on the back porch of the Chicago apartment and proceeded to light the matches. He would blow them out as soon as they were lite, creating a burnt edge.
Bunny would then glue the matches onto the cardboard in the pattern shown on the cross.
This cross reminds us that Christmas isn't about the gifts we give each other but rather it is about the gift of Jesus, our Savior. When I look on this cross I am reminded on two young children of God, trusting in Him for the thing sof this world and clinging to the Hope of Eternity.
Bunny and Rich were married in August, 1969. The young couple had very little extra money for Christmas presents come that December. After much prayer, it was decided that we would make Christmas presents. So we purchased boxes of matches and cut out cardboard crosses. Rich went out on the back porch of the Chicago apartment and proceeded to light the matches. He would blow them out as soon as they were lite, creating a burnt edge.
Bunny would then glue the matches onto the cardboard in the pattern shown on the cross.
This cross reminds us that Christmas isn't about the gifts we give each other but rather it is about the gift of Jesus, our Savior. When I look on this cross I am reminded on two young children of God, trusting in Him for the thing sof this world and clinging to the Hope of Eternity.