Linus' Blanket

by Jose Barajas

My grandson from birth, loves to hold on to "tags" on a blanket, or his shirts, that we even bought him a blanket of tags. It is his security to know that when he is holding that, he is comfortable and also his security. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is filled with so many messages of humility and basic messages of what the true meaning of Christmas is and should be. One of the most unnoticed things is that of Linus dropping his blanket after he goes to the center of the stage to recite Luke Two, Eight thru Fourteen. Right at the point of verse Ten where it says, "FEAR NOT," he drops the blanket. Now if you know anything about Charlie Brown and have watched any of his specials or cartoons, you know that Linus is known for carrying that blanket around everywhere he goes and in everything he does. Regardless that everyone else makes fun of him, or tries to take it away from him, or convince him, he doesn't need it, he never let's it go. Because it is his security, his comfort, his way of being able to do anything, because his blanket is protection. In the same way my grandson holds his "taggies", so does Linus hold that blanket.

Jesus when He calls His first disciples, ,Peter, Andrew, John and James, who would become His inner circle, and most referenced disciples of all others, says in Mark One,

In His Eyes

 “In the Eighties, cheesy movies ruled the day and I loved and still watch most of them. One I like is “Say Anything” that stars Jon Cusack, who is in quiet a few movies I like. In the movie, he is trying to be with a girl who is above his level in terms of looks and where she lives, and when she ends up liking him many are shocked. The most famous scene that many movies have copied and or even, I’m sure many a high schooler or hopeless romantic, like me, is when he takes his boom box and in the rain holds it up with the song, “In Your Eyes.” Part of the chorus says, “In your eyes

“The resolution of all the fruitless searches; In your eyes

I see the light and the heat; In your eyes; Oh, I want to be that complete; I want to touch the light; The heat I see in your eyes.” 

The lengths we go to prove a love.

When man rebelled against God, the original love was broken, but not forgotten by God, in that He sent Jesus to restore that bond of love. It’s very hard for us to understand how that is or even works, because when someone doesn’t love us or hurts us, we become bitter and quit on them. But God’s love is different, as Jeremiah says in chapter Thirty One,