Article December 24, 1984 Issue

A Christmas healing

CAROLYN E. HOLTE

It was Christmas Day—the first one after my mother had passed on. I was the eldest daughter, so the dinner was mine to fix, and I was feeling sad and burdened.

For some weeks I had had a lump or growth on my abdomen about the size of my fist. And as I stood stirring the gravy, I was in considerable pain. The thought came to me, "All right, you can stand here just stirring the gravy, or you can think about the real significance of the Christmas symbols."

So I began with the star over Bethlehem. To me the role of the star was to provide hope, light, and guidance in the dark night. Navigators often reckon by the stars, so this guiding star could represent spiritual orientation, leading from a night of materialism or mental darkness to the Messiah or Saviour. This spiritual orientation meant to me that Christ, Truth, brings constant light whereby my decisions, aims, and motives can be divinely established, free from the hit-or-miss method of looking to human opinions or personal whim.

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