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I know we had all hoped this Christmas season would be different, but we again find ourselves in trying times. Given the situation, I thought this post was worth reblogging. I wish you all a peaceful and blessed holiday no matter your belief system. Above all, love one another and stay safe. Merry Christmas from our home to yours.
This morning as I read U.S. headlines, the phrases and words were daunting: reign of destruction, unchained, unhinged, unpredictable, fear, sociopath, and crisis. Wow. That’s a lot of fear and dread going into the most sacred of Christian holidays. These words were all to describe the political environment and do not even touch on the reality of this pandemic fog we live in.
Jesus was not born into pristine and welcoming times. War and revolt were commonplace. Joseph and Mary had to travel to Bethlehem to be accounted for in the census required by Caesar Augustus. After the birth of Jesus, they became refugees and fled to avoid the “Slaughter of the Innocents” by Herod the Great.
If you do not believe Biblical accounts of the events, historic accounts of those times depict horrific events. Not easy times, but in some strange way it left me with a sense of…
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