We celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, and we remember the One who
sent His only begotten Son - our God the Father who art in Heaven.
I pray that you would experience His love for you and His presence in your
home.
That this season would be one where a refreshing from the Lord would instil
new vision for the year ahead and a greater love for His word, His work and
His ways in your hearts.
God would give you understanding heart to celebrate Jesus Christ everyday of
your life.
God would let you know and remember the purpose of His birth.
I wish you and your family such a wonderful Christmas and hope you enjoy
CHRIST JESUS.
Matthew 1:21-23
21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for
he shall save his people from their sins.
22Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the
Lord by the prophet, saying,
23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and
they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
SET PAGESIZE 0
SET FEEDBACK OFF
DEFINE width=20
WITH
lines AS (
SELECT ROWNUM rn FROM DUAL CONNECT BY LEVEL < &width+16
)
SELECT DECODE(
SIGN(ROWNUM-&width-5),
-1, LPAD(RPAD('*',3-2*ABS(3-ROWNUM),'*'),
&width+5-ABS(3-ROWNUM))||
LPAD(' ',&width-ROWNUM+8)||RPAD('*',2*(ROWNUM-4),' *')||
LPAD(RPAD('*',3-2*ABS(6-ROWNUM),'*'),
&width-ROWNUM-ABS(6-ROWNUM))||
LPAD('*',
DECODE(SIGN(ROWNUM-3*&width/4+3),-1,0,3*&width/4-ROWNUM)),
DECODE(
SIGN(ROWNUM-&width-11),
-1, LPAD('***', &width+5),
DECODE(
SIGN(ROWNUM-&width-12),
0, TRANSLATE(LPAD('BBB@?;5-24@�;-*@BBB',&width+13,'@'),
'@Q�"(-�_��)=*<,;:!1��23�45��67�890�+?./���%#[|\]}{?�AB',
' abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ*'),
DECODE(
SIGN(ROWNUM-&width-14),
0, TRANSLATE(LPAD('��"�-*',2*&width+3,'@'),
'@Q�"(-�_��)=*<,;:!1��23�45��67�890�+?./���%#[|\]}{?�AB',
' abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ*')
)))) l
FROM lines
/RegardsMichel
And a happy 2010!
Shakespeare