We all live off
his generous abundance, gift after gift after gift.
While the packages
may have been unwrapped, God keeps giving. While the feast has already been made and
eaten, leaving leftovers in your fridge, God keeps giving. While the company may have come and gone, you
may think that Christmas has too, but God keeps showing up,
speaking up, singing out, and blessing our lives. Gift after gift after gift. “All life is but a gift from You, and ever in
Your care” (from the hymn: I Sing the Mighty Power of God). We sing this
truth as one to shape our whole lives.
For some reading this today, there is a Christmas letdown, the thrill
and joy have subsided, and silence has moved in. For some reading this, there are still
parties to attend and family/friends to see.
For some, reading this, there is loneliness, and for others, there is
questioning, and for others, exhaustion.
Wherever you are — emotionally, spiritually, physically—God is
there. If God is found in barns, God can
be found in our lives. God shows up to shepherds, God still sings to us. If God longs to break into our world, move
into our neighborhoods, awaken our lives, that was not just true yesterday but
every day. May the afterglow of this
holy holiday continue to inspire and influence the words we speak and our actions
every day. Amen.
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