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Louis Cassels, in his Christian Primer, explains why God revealed himself in the way he did by telling the following story. One Christmas Eve a man stays home as his wife and children go to the midnight service. He is an unbeliever and thinks Christmas especially is filled with superstition.
As the man quietly reads a book he suddenly hears a thud at the window. Another thud quickly follows. When the man goes outside he notices a flock of birds lying in the snow; they had attempted to fly through the window in order to escape the snow. The man wants to help the stunned birds. He turns on a light in the barn, but the birds do not budge. He sprinkles a path of bread crumbs, hoping to entice them into the barn, but nothing happens. He even tries to shoo them into the barn, but they only scatter in all directions.
Finally he says: "If only I could be a bird for a few minutes, perhaps I could lead them to safety." In the background he hears the church bells ring, and he says: "Now I see why you had to do it."
As the man quietly reads a book he suddenly hears a thud at the window. Another thud quickly follows. When the man goes outside he notices a flock of birds lying in the snow; they had attempted to fly through the window in order to escape the snow. The man wants to help the stunned birds. He turns on a light in the barn, but the birds do not budge. He sprinkles a path of bread crumbs, hoping to entice them into the barn, but nothing happens. He even tries to shoo them into the barn, but they only scatter in all directions.
Finally he says: "If only I could be a bird for a few minutes, perhaps I could lead them to safety." In the background he hears the church bells ring, and he says: "Now I see why you had to do it."
