Living and laughing with a disability - cerebral palsy; ordinary life, extraordinary circumstances.

Monday, December 24, 2007

The Christmas Star

The word given to us at church through our new associate pastor, Pastor Karl Hestor, greatly inspired me. We get set in out spiritual routine...so set that we forget about the miracles and wonders of God.


Christmas is about God banging into our world and shaking things up. It happened at the birth of Christ 2000 years ago--the miracle we commemorate tonight. But it also happens today, tomorrow, and every day.


Our eyes of faith are weary. Miracles don't usually happen in our straight-on vision, but rather the peripheral. We focus of what we want to happen rather than what is happening.


The business of Christmas is stress. The right gifts for the right people. Cards sent late...oops! All the preparations.


Take a time out this Christmas to consider the mystery of God in a manger under the starry night 2,000 years ago...and of God in our world right now.


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