I’ve read this quote on several blogs lately, and I think it is profound. I’ve heard people talk about how holidays can be the loneliness of all the days in the year. They can magnify those empty spots or those losses that we sometimes carry around in our hearts. They can be a reminder that there is one less plate set at the dinner table or sometimes the family gatherings highlight the corruption in family relationships. I personally know some people who dread the holidays, while they serve as a time of peace and joy for others. Wherever your heart finds itself on this Christmas, look around and remember that others in that very same room may be feeling completely different emotions. And embrace them and their joy or sorrow. Both yours and theirs. Hold their hand and together proclaim that He is good.
He is gracious, and He is good.
He is just, and He is good.
He is merciful, and He is good.
He is risen, and He is good.
He is faithful, and He is good.
He is compassionate, and He is good.
He redeems all things.
He is the Good Shepherd.
And in this Advent Season, I am joyful the Savior in the manger.
Not Celebrate? Your burden is too great to bear?
Your loneliness is intensified during this Christmas season?
Your tears seem to have no end?
Not Celebrate? You should lead the celebration.
You should run through the streets to ring the bell and sing the loudest!
You should fling the tinsel on the tree,
And open your house to your neighbors and call them to dance!
For it is you above all others who know the joy of Advent.
It is unto you that a Savior is born this day.
One Who comes to lift your burden from your shoulders,
One Who comes to wipe the tears from your eyes.
You are not alone, for He is born this day to you.
Ann Weems, Kneeling in Bethlehem
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