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Life in the Stable: Rejoice
Too many of us are sore afraid, blind to the miracles going on around us.
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In short, do that which is right. In the words of some favorite prayers, “Be strong and of good courage. Hold fast to that which is good.” And, in the words of a prayer said regularly at Trinity Episcopal School in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans, pray that the Lord make us “gentle, generous, truthful, kind, and brave.”
None of which should be very difficult. None of which is very difficult, unless we of our own sheer cussedness make it so.
Meanwhile, the vast majority of us in these United States believe that what happened in Bethlehem two millennia ago was more than mere good fortune, but rather a miracle and a redemption and good tidings of great joy. Those tidings, we believe, were more than words; they were The Word. The Word was God, and we have every reason to rejoice. In response, our souls should magnify the Lord, and our spirits rejoice in God our Savior. He has indeed looked with favor upon us, especially upon us in these United States.
Stop moaning, and be joyful. Smile. And love.
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Quin Hillyer is a senior editor of The American Spectator and a senior fellow at the Center for Individual Freedom. Follow him on Twitter @QuinHillyer.
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