Now that Christmas has come and gone, we are left with the question: 'What next?'
If Bethlehem was our final destination, then many of us will wake up in the week after Christmas feeling very flat and empty. It is not that we are disappointed with the gift of Jesus (how can we be?), but that we feel a greater longing for some other place. We want to be with Jesus, but not here on earth. It is in this time that we must be thankful for the presence of the Almighty throughout all our circumstances and situations that befall us. Bethlehem is not out final stopover, but it is a necessary place to rest for awhile.
"For outlandish creatures like us, on our way to a heart, a brain, and courage, Bethlehem is not the end of our journey but only the beginning - not home but the place through which we must pass if ever we are to reach home at last.” - The Magnificent Defeat
Living in Grace
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