Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Ceramic Baby Jesus

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Ceramic Baby Jesus Biography
Each December, people flock to Christmas Village in Torrington to see Santa and Mrs. Claus, the reindeer and more.
This year, the holiday season destination has been the victim of a crime.  Someone apparently stole the ceramic baby Jesus and Torrington police are investigating.
An employee from the town’s parks and recreation department noticed three weeks ago that the 18-inch-long figurine was gone, according to police.
This is the 65th consecutive year that for Carl Bozenski’s Christmas Village at 150 Church St. The stolen Jesus figurine has been part of the town's display for more than 30 years.
Park & Recreation Superintendant Brett Simmons is looking for any donations and/or a figure to replace the stolen/lost Baby Jesus. If you can help, call 860-489-2274.
The Litchfield County Times reports that this display is the first of its kind and has served as the inspiration for other similar displays.
Anyone with information about the theft should call the Torrington Police Department at 860-489-2007 or directly to Detective Todd Fador at 860-489-2059.
Last year, the Jesus figure was stolen from a Nativity Scene in Cromwell. Police received a tip and found it.
He replied, “Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed…Matthew 17:20
Living within earshot of Detroit, the WJR radio station used to be on in our home constantly when I was growing up.  I will come back to this thought in a moment…
The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus, our Lord…Romans6:23
As some of you might know, I’ve been missing my Mom a lot lately.  I don’t know why for sure, but I’ve really been grieving her death more deeply than usual, and she’s been gone now 27 years.  I think a lot of it has to do with some sad news I received lately about one of my favorite Aunts.  It’s brought up a lot of those memories of going through  my Mom’s breast cancer battle with her  that I mistakenly thought were long gone.  Those were dark days.
…remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.  Ephesians 2:12
When the Lord called me out of darkness 13 years ago, one of my greatest concerns was whether or not my Mom was in Heaven.  Our family grew up “Lutheran” but we didn’t attend church, never talked about spiritual things at all, and the closest we got to being Christian was celebrating a secular Christmas by putting out a nativity set in the farthest corner of the living room.I remember as a little girl, with a little girl’s mind, arranging “those religious figures”  in the manger with no idea the depth of significance they really had.  I especially remember being drawn to the baby Jesus.  He had a halo around his head, and just looking at this baby in the manger brought out those maturing maternal instinctsin my adolescent heart that had been placed there by my Creator, who’s man’s-best-guess-at-an- image I was holding in my tiny hand.
Baby ceramic Jesus would sit in the corner of our living room in that nativity set, but no one ever told us kids the significance.  No one ever explained it.  How can they when they didn’t really have a clue?  So that was the extent of our spiritual life…a ceramic baby Jesus.  So, if you are a Christian, you can understand my concern about my Mom’s eternal dwelling.
As I prayed earnestly 13 years ago for an answer to whether my Mom was in Heaven, an extraordinary God-thing happened!  I per-chance (I don’t believe in chance  anymore) ran into my Aunt, my Mom’s older sister, at a resale shop.  She told me she had something important to share with me but she wanted me to come to her house.  It took about 2 weeks, but I finally made it over to see her.  She shared that she had recently had surgery, and that on the operating table she had had an out- of-body-experience.
  ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will speak what God has revealed. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.  Acts 2:17
Ceramic Baby Jesus
Ceramic Baby Jesus
Ceramic Baby Jesus
Ceramic Baby Jesus
Ceramic Baby Jesus
Ceramic Baby Jesus
Ceramic Baby Jesus
Ceramic Baby Jesus
Ceramic Baby Jesus
Ceramic Baby Jesus

1 comment:

  1. Not sure if it matters but I just bought a piece that looks exactly like your Mary and jesus that's missing I think.

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