10 Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” (italics mine)
Do not feel guilty about enjoying good things at Christmas. This day is holy to our Lord. And send some to those who have nothing. This day is holy to our Lord. Does this sound obvious, trite? It is obvious. It is trite. Yet somehow we don't keep the points close enough to our hearts and have to be reminded of one or the other every year. It may be that our impoverished minds cannot hold both thoughts together, one always pushing out the other.
God is like Old Fezziwig in Dickens.
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