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Having spent four days with friends and family, dissecting the “outers” and innards of the seasonal bird, yesterday we found ourselves in Newnan, Georgia, fellowshipping with Kingdom folk at Cornerstone.
We had met Pastor Rick many years ago when we still called ourselves middle-aged, so it was a delight when he extended an invitation for us to come and present a Christmas show for those who would dare to congregate on this particular Sunday morning.
I do love Christmas–not only the festivity of joy and giving, but also the focus it brings to the true message of Jesus.
Although Easter affords us the promise of salvation, Christmas explodes with the thrill of heaven coming down and bringing glory to our souls.
There are two abiding messages that erupt from the birth of Jesus:
- Don’t be afraid.
- Peace on Earth, good will toward men.
In this era in human history, when people are making huge sums of money by scaring the crap out of us. and peace on Earth seems as likely as me becoming thin, it is good to remind ourselves that the only way to strive for such a condition–where fear is diminished and peace is increased–is to allow ourselves to have good cheer and feverishly chase down common sense.
I cannot tell you how delighted I was at all the enlightened souls I met at Cornerstone. Such stories they possessed–from gospel quartet singers, to engineers, to people of great diversity and struggle. Each one found a level of contentment.
It was a beautiful morning to set in motion the miracle of Christmas: new things can be born which really can change the world.
That’s the good news.
The better news is that my dear friends at Cornerstone can avoid all the rhetoric and anger of the upcoming election by keeping their eyes on those two central truths demonstrated so beautifully on that first Christmas night.
We must learn to listen to the angels of our better nature, which tell us to stop being afraid.
And never doubt that the only way we will ever achieve our purpose is to be in the camp of those who work for peace on Earth and good will toward men.
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