Keeping Things in Perspective
Today is Christmas Day. A blessed Christmas to you.
The world’s largest religion is celebrating a Holy Day, commemorating the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. If you would like to read the story of Jesus’ birth, I would recommend that you read the story as it is recorded in Luke’s gospel, Luke 2:1-20. You see, Luke was a physician of the first century who took time away from his medical profession to investigate the life of Jesus. His investigations led him to write a biography about Jesus, we call it the Gospel of Luke. His interest grew and he proceeded to write a history about how the Christian religion grew; we call it the Book of Acts.
Each of us will experience this Christmas Day from our own perspective. For some of us, it will be about children unwrapping gifts from the jolly old man in the bright red suit, Saint Nicholas. The story of Saint Nicholas comes out of the Christian tradition as well and makes for good reading. Others of us will experience Christmas as a time with family and friends. Others of us will experience Christmas as a time to work in various service employments – health care, police, fire. And some will experience the day in still other ways.
One thing that I have discovered about this special, holy day is that some important qualities are frequently associated with it. Words like: peace, love, joy, hope, gift, grace. Whatever perspective you experience today, I pray that you will join me in trying to live these qualities -- not just today, but in the coming weeks.
Ben Keckler
12.25.08
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