Just okay, and getting by; not bad, but not really good?
Grateful and glad for the year behind and the one on the horizon?
Saying goodbye to the worst year ever?
Celebrating one of the best year’s in a long time?
In a hole that we have given up any further attempt to dig out of?
In each and every case, although we think we find ourselves in a certain place and time, there is another spot where Christmas can find us: the manger.
The manger is where it begins for us—whether we are grateful and celebratory, or very sad, or frustrated by just about everyone and everything.
Jesus arrived in innocence to vouchsafe ours. Because when all is said and done, after all that we have said and done, Jesus declares us innocent in Him.
As innocent as a babe, lying in a manger.
If this Christmas finds you in a deep hole, regardless of its making, it is possible to climb out.
Today.
Right now.
Circumstances do not have to change. People do not have to change. The world does not have to change.
We have to change only our gaze and walk towards the manger, giving no more thought to the steps we leave behind.
We go forward, toward the light, toward the beckoning birth of something new. Even if that something new is merely the choice to exit the hole.
“And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:10-11
Copyright Barb Harwood
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