One caught my eye. When
I wrote it, I was thinking about how blessed we are compared to a little family
over 2,000 years ago. I decided to copy, paste and re-post that one, here,
because it is still appropriate and still helps me keep it all in perspective. At
the time I wrote it, a dear friend was deathly ill and passed on a few months
later. However, it applies to anyone who is dealing with troubles during this
normally cheerful season.
Originally, it was posted 12/24/08. I hope it helps
you, too, look at things differently this season.
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Christmas is about the birth of Christ and all the hope it
brought to the world. I am holding on to that hope during this troubled time of
dealing with a dear friend’s health issues. My life might be difficult right
now, but on Christmas, I’ve taken to thinking about that little family over
2,000 years ago.
Mary, so far from home, birthing a child alone after a long
and difficult journey on a donkey. Shortly after, Joseph is told to take his
family and flee. They went to a strange land, had to pick up the pieces of
their lives, start over. Probably had to learn a new language. Joseph had to
re-start his carpentry business; Mary lost contact with her friends and family
and had to raise Jesus away from all of them. Add to that, at the time of the
flight, the fear of death for their child.
Whatever my troubles this night, they cannot even begin to
compare with all of that. It sure puts things into perspective.
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