“...And then, just when everything is bearing down on us to such an
extent that we can scarcely withstand it, the Christmas message comes to
tell us that all our ideas are wrong, and that what we take to be evil
and dark is really good and light because it comes from God. Our eyes
are at fault, that is all. God is in the manger, wealth in poverty,
light in darkness, succor in abandonment. No evil can befall us;
whatever men may do to us, they cannot but serve the God who is secretly
revealed as love and rules the world and our lives.”
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God Is In The Manger
Now, we wait. Preparing Him room. And heaven and nature will sing.
And, the fourth candle is lit.
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