One day, Marlene Nance’s little daughter, Emma, was playing with her paper dolls. These were special paper dolls. They were all Bible characters. Suddenly Emma realized that the Jesus paper doll was missing. Marlene and Emma looked all over the house, but they couldn’t find Jesus anywhere.

Later that afternoon, Emma came running to her mother with some good news.

She had found Jesus! He was in one of her Daddy’s magazine. Emma proudly held out her new Jesus. Marlene gasped as she took the picture from Emma’s hands. It was a picture of a tall, bearded homeless man dressed in rags. Because of his long hair and beard, he did resemble Emma’s paper‑doll Jesus.

As Marlene reflected on Jesus’ own words about the poor and powerless, she agreed that her little girl had found Jesus. (1)

Emma’s e…