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December 19, 2022
“O come, let us adore him”
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Could it be that something indefinable tugs at our hearts, making us yearn for the truth that Christ Jesus says makes us free and promising comfort and healing to the worried, sorrowing, or sick?
Was it the holiday that we’d planned? No. Was it one that we ultimately needed and thoroughly enjoyed? Yes!
Christly love, hope, and strength overruled devastation and destruction. All who saw must have felt what Christmas meant to them.
We can trust that every spiritually enlightened thought goes forth to “rest upon” and benefit others—in the workplace, in the schoolroom, on the highway, and even in places unknown to us.
December arrived, Christmastime.
A friend asked,
Am I making room in the inn?
A friend asked,
Am I making room in the inn?
I didn’t understand everything I was reading in Science and Health, but light was coming into my consciousness. I noticed I was more peaceful and filled with hope.
The obstacles to my chaplaincy brought a deeper reliance on God, which has only helped me as I minister to others.
One night, as I lay in bed feeling a little sad, a voice in my thoughts said, This year, you get a spiritual Advent calendar.
I could listen humbly to Christ—God’s message of His all-powerful love and care for us. And doing this caused me to feel so much at peace that I didn’t even look at my hurting hands.
I recognized the need to see harmony everywhere because God is everywhere. As I did, the fear subsided, and the joy of the event we were attending became uppermost in my thought.
God governs our every step, and there is no material force to push or pull us, throw us over, or cause us harm in any way.
A significant blessing of this healing is that I have never again encountered this problem in the almost two decades since.
In the tender meeting between Mary and Elisabeth, two pivotal birth stories come together.
Light bursting out of darkness and health springing forth are potent images of swift restoration—not only for long-captive Jewish exiles but for anyone seeking health and peace.
