CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS
It’s Christmas again. Christmas is that irresistible time
when the music, the color, the spirit of giving and the lights are felt all
over the world. Flickering candles draw
us with their promise of warmth and comfort. Their light is especially
significant because it proclaims the birth of Light itself in that irresistible
Child. The baby in the center of it is Hope wrapped in swaddling clothes. He draws you in and invites you to hold Him
and never let go. He was born in the lowest of circumstances and drew first the
lowborn shepherds to his side and then the highborn kings. His birth heralded a
new age for the world.
Everything that goes to make
up a perfect Christmas such as, love, peace, kindness, selflessness, and joy
describe Christ.
The whole world feels that
irresistible magnetism as we double our outreach, grow closer to each other in
shared activities and turn our eyes and hearts to that little stable where we
recognize and celebrate that Light, Hope, Peace, Joy and Redemption were born. Worry not if others don’t recognize His
presence. He is there and remains there
for all time. As long as he lives in our
hearts, Christ is in Christmas where he will remain. We fret over the emphasis on gifts, but fail
to recognize that God started it when he gifted us with Jesus. If ever there is a time for optimism it is
this time.
I wish you all the best that Christmas can bring. I pray
each day for all of you and thank God for your presence in my life.
Carol Lemelin OPA
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