by 
Rejoice!
Lois F.
I will begin with the end … come to the child Jesus as an adult -come to the adult Jesus, our Christ, as a child. Hmm …. what?
Contemplate yourself in place of the captive — in exile. Just existing, away from everything you know and love, in a place, you cannot fathom. It is dark there.
Perhaps you are in a place where you are experiencing distance from God; Jesus is on a shelf in a spare room … it is just as dark there.
So come, come to the Cradle of Christmas. Come as the child in you longs for His intimacy and as the adult, for Grace that only He has to gift you.
Oh, to see through the glitter and chaos of “Happy Holidays” to the cradle of Christmas; do not be in exile but be renewed!
Prayer: Father, God Almighty, warm our hearts to overflowing with your Majesty. Renew in us your right Spirit, and may we trust in your Word that our peace and joy is in your gift of Christmas and all our days. Emmanuel!
