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Saturday, December 22, 2012

This Forever Christmas (21 Dec 2012: Not the End of the World)



This Forever Christmas 

Maria V. Eyles


An occupied country. A poor family, homeless, on a forced march. Oppressively high taxes—for the poor and laborers. Religious hypocrites and bullies. Cruel treatment of the weak; double standards prevailing. A government riddled with corruption and power abuse. Indifferent rich people, into their own pleasures and exemptions from the law. Rejection by the townspeople.

The night bitter cold. Comfort coming only from the presence and warmth of animals. Love coming only from sheep/goat herders, and from foreign astrologers of different cultures and skin colors.

A foreshadowing: The violent Slaughter of Innocents, of little children brutally killed for no apparent reason. Flight into the starlit desert, running for their dear, fragile lives. The people divided into bitterly opposing factions, all accusing the others of evil, of being unfit to live or to receive God’s grace.  Hatred darkens the world.

 
And then—An infant, “God Is With Us,” glowing in a feeding trough, tended by angels and saints:  Hope Eternal, Alight and Alive!

 

Blessings and Love, Forever. And Ever. Maria, JP, and Raphael
(21 Dec 2012: Not the End of the World)