God with Us
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Andrew
Wishing you all a merry Christmas. May you know the good news that God is with us, not just in the clean superstar Beckhamised world. But God is with us in the muck and mire of real human life, with saving grace.
"She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them..."
That night when shepherds heard the song
Of hosts angelic choiring near,
A deaf man lay in slumber's cell
And dreamed that he could hear.
That night when in the cattle's stall
Slept Child and mother in humble fold,
A cripple turned her twisted limbs
And dreamed that she was whole.
That night when o'er the newborn Babe
A tender mother rose to lean,
A loathsome leper smiled in sleep
And dreamed that he was clean.
That night when to the mother's breast
The little king was held secure,
A harlot slept a happy sleep
And dreamed that she was pure.
That night when in a manger lay
The Holy One who came to save,
A man turned in the sleep of death
And dreamed there was no grave.
--Author Unknown
12:46 PM
Hmm makes you think huh??. Continuing the theme of contrasts,
here's another slightly "lighter" quote to think on...
"And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store? What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?"
-- Theodor Seuss Geisel