Two thousand years ago in a world as beleaguered as ours is today, a little brown-skinned baby was born in the Middle East to poor, working class parents. He came to Earth with a job: to teach human beings how to love each other. His message, the one he lived and died for, was so simple: Love everybody, especially the ones you find hardest to love.
Love them like you love yourself. Like you love your grandchildren, your mother, your puppy.
Love them with your hands and feet, with forgiveness, service, sacrifice, a kind word, with your casserole dishes and your snow shovels, with itchy masks and Walmart gift cards.
His name was Jesus, and it’s the day we celebrate his birthday.
Love,
Paul and Cynthia
Sending you lots of love from Hawaii, Cynthia. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas. We need more love and understanding in this world.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas! Perfect message today!!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteAww. Such a lovely post. Marry Christmas to you.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice Christmas!
ReplyDeleteJusting getting around to reading blogs. Lovely message you posted. Hope you and Paul had a nice Christmas. We did though we missed having Sarah and her family here from Buffalo. Spent an hour on FaceTime with them instead.
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