The Little Christmas Spider

Elizabeth and her two children have had a difficult time since the children's father passed away during the end of summer. Elizabeth is struggling to feed and clothe her children, Jack (twelve years old) and Grace (five years old), for the winter. She sold all she could sell for food, and now it is Christmas. Elizabeth has always had a strong faith, so she prays to God and turns all her problems over to Him. She had made three items for each child for Christmas, and her husband had made something for the family's Christmas tree. She never knew the gift her husband, Jacob, made before he became ill would mean so much to his family this Christmas. Elizabeth knew God would not desert them, but she never dreamed He would bless her family the way He did or that Christmas would turn out the way it did.

-- Renee Pettit Porter