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Our church choir was small, but we worked hard on our Christmas program.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we do our best, God will do the rest,\u201d I told them at each rehearsal.<\/p>\n

But just a week before we were due to perform, several members of the choir came down with a cold.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ll be able to sing at all next week,\u201d one after another told me in a raspy voice. We\u2019re down to only a few peopl<\/em>e, I thought. Has all our hard work been for nothing?<\/em><\/p>\n

The morning of the performance, a mountain pass got snowed in and eliminated two more members.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll we can do is our best,\u201d I told the remaining choir members right before the program. \u201cGod will do the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t imagine how that might be possible, though. What did I expect, after all. A Christmas program miracle?<\/p>\n

We gave it everything we had, but nothing could make a handful of members into a full choir. If only the audience could have heard us at top strength<\/em>, I thought when it was over.<\/p>\n

One of the congregation approached me.<\/p>\n

\u201cMrs. Johnson,\u201d he said, \u201cthat was a tremendous program! Never have I heard such beautiful Christmas music.\u201d<\/p>\n

He is just being polite<\/em>, I thought. But then several other people came up to tell me the same thing. They were way too enthusiastic for mere politeness. The audience had heard something remarkable.<\/p>\n

\u201cHark! The Herald Angels Sing\u201d hadn\u2019t been a part of the Christmas program that year. But I believe that\u2019s exactly what happened. Angels sang to fill in the gaps in our choir. We\u2019d done our best and God had done the rest.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Download your FREE ebook, Angel Gifts: Inspiring Stories and Angel Crafts to Nurture Your Creativity<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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