It's a Day...

A day of love...

Tricky part is that biblical love is different.

It's not warm and fuzzy and affirming.

It's not automatic or easy.

It's not limited to your closest peeps.

Erdman's Bible Dictionary describes it best:

"An internal quality, expressed externally in concrete actions for the welfare of the other."

I read stories of some of the Christmas miracles and I think, yep. That's who we are meant to be. Soldiers lay down their weapons and share a meal. People reach out to others. Our frantic work to sell and buy comes almost to a halt. (A great wailing was heard in the Stroudsburg area this year when it was discovered that Starbucks would not be open...yep, that was what that sound was.)

A great breath is taken.

There's a beautiful line from a carol called "Star Child."

This year, this year, let the day arrive, when Christmas comes for everyone, everyone alive."

Love is born...expressed in concrete actions for the welfare of the other.

Merry Christmas!