Working on the Inn Side
We’ve been looking at “Inn” side rooms as Christians prepare for the religious holy day set aside to commemorate the birth of Jesus. Rooms like hope, peace and joy have been explored this week. Today we close our devotional life by exploring the theme of love.
The question for exploration today is this: “So how inclusive is that room known as LOVE?”
We like to talk about how love came among us, but far too often it seems that it is only talk. As I listen to the stories that people share with me, my heart gets a bit uneasy. Love seems to be rather conditional – we tend to give to those whose values, whose beliefs, whose religion is like ours.
I’m trying something very different this year: for every dollar I spend on those whom I love because I feel connected to them, I am also giving away a dollar in ways that reach out and give to others regardless of race, color, creed, nationality, etc. It is an attempt to expand the “room of love”. I believe that God is in love with the world and can’t keep it a secret; this is a very small way for me to let others know they are loved.
Have a blessed holy season, a Merry Christmas; may your “inn” side be filled with hope, joy, peace and love. And, friends, may your “inn” side have enough space to be a bit more inclusive than ever before.
--Ben Keckler
12.23.11
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