December 25

[hummingwolf]

The time of year when people, for a brief, shining moment, stop looking to great armies or political power to save them and look instead at a miracle of a little oil somehow being enough, the sun starting to gain strength in the midst of the darkness, the birth of a helpless little boy. Even if you disbelieve in anything but the physical realities of the star our earth revolves around, one thing to be thankful for is that at this time of year, many of your fellow walkers on this planet are thinking in terms of something other than domination and destruction. Though people may return to their daily cruelties tomorrow, for today they have the sense that kindness and light are the law of the cosmos. Though tomorrow they may repress all thoughts of anything other than getting ahead, the memory of today still burns deep inside, making the world less dark than it would otherwise be.

Christmas isn't about light. It's about light in the darkness.

Comments

[darth-spacey.livejournal.com]

Dude. Beautiful.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Darth. I'm glad you had a Christmas with your wife this year, even if it looked for a while as if you might skip it.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

thank you for that. it's excellent. i'm about to watch an interview with frederick buechner at the site. all right!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't get around to looking at the rest of the site before posting this. Hmm... sermon by John Ashcroft? Interesting.

[despieler.livejournal.com]

Well said. May you carry the memory of today and the blessings it holds throughout the coming year.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Thank you. The same to you!

[a3hourtour.livejournal.com]

Nicely put.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Thank you.