Truth
26 December 2023 @ 16:38
I sat with an elderly gentleman in the hospital yesterday. With it being Christmas I said that it probably might not be how he was feeling but that I wanted to wish him a Merry Christmas! His response caught me by surprise. He said “If you can’t understand a Merry Christmas in a place like this and in times of trial then you will never understand it. The world’s idea of Christmas begins after Halloween and ends with piles of boxes and wrapping paper. Jesus is just lost in the midst of it and then thrown out with the trash. In times of difficulty and trial we are open to the entrance of the hope of Jesus into our midst and we can rejoice. ” He then looked at me and said “Merry Christmas!” With a renewed understanding I said “it truly is!”