It's Christmas Eve!!!
How excited are you?!?!
Oh. My. GOSH! It's almost time.
No no no no no! Not that!!
THIS!!
But you know... we really could learn a little something about waiting from the kids waiting for Santa. Look at how incredibly excited they are! Can't sleep. Can't sit still. Can't stop asking questions... and peeking in closets... and staring at the sky looking for Rudolph's nose.
And isn't the One we are waiting for even more exciting? Isn't the hope, peace, joy, and love that we have been expecting worth some of our energy?
Tonight, as we think about the birth of the One sent to save us from ourselves, be like a child! Ask questions - of each other, and of God. Look for answers - in Scripture and history and stories. Watch carefully - because God promised that there is more to come!
We know this story so well - we listen to it and retell it every year. Sometimes repetition can desensitize us.
So read the Christmas story again - but stop to think about it differently. What did the sand and dust from the long walk to Jerusalem taste like? What did Mary and Joseph hear while searching through Jerusalem for somewhere to stay? What smells greeted them in the cave filled with animals? What was it like to see lowly shepherds and wise leaders from distant lands kneel down together in front of the baby? And what was it like to touch the face of God?
Today's Readings
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