Christmas Eve is always a special day for our family. 12/24/17 found us at Church (even moreso since the 358th day of 2017 was also a Sunday). AM Service, Family Traditional Lunch, brief rest, and back at the Evening Service with brass and choir anthems and the carols. Yes, music is one of the best parts of the Christmas Eve Service. But, in this hectic time (for me, personally, and the world, politically), the message meant so much to me. The story of Christmas is more than just a story of a baby being born who would become the Savior of us all. It is a story of a baby being born into a turbulent political time, while the oppressive politicians of the time were rounding up people and figuring out how to charge them more taxes. Kinda like now. Except the story is a HOPEFUL one. Christmas represents HOPE. And hope is what we should have, as we pass the light around the world, as we passed the light around the sanctuary today, with our candles. I am inspired to have hope, even amidst turbulent times, and to pass the light and hope from myself to those that I meet. May we all have the spirit of Christmas and do the same. MERRY CHRISTMAS, everyone!
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