On the first Christmas
long ago, God showed up in an unexpected way.
- · He didn't show up in a mansion, but in a manger.
- · He didn't show up to high society, but to lowly shepherds.
- · He didn't show up to Jewish religious leaders, but to foreign wise men.
It was an unexpected
birth. And in the despair and uncertain
conditions of our lives, in God's hands it leads to the unexpected love of God
– unexpected from the God of possibilities.
That's what Christmas is
all about – It is all about God showing-up in the midst of the unexpected.
I don't know how your
Christmas has been or what the circumstances of your life are right now, but
don’t ever forget that “Nevertheless … God will show up.”
May God bless you as He
shows up in unexpected ways today, through the holiday, and in the coming New
Year of 2016.
Rev. Dr.
Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
God certainly did not show up through the slander, defamation, unkindness, false accusations during long-standing, life-threatening disablity, the expense of unlawful actions, cruel and abusive retaliation on behalf of male church leaders, all while your paychecks, and all the innocent were protected You mocked pulmonary fibrosis, the harm you knew about from very public groping by a leader, right on livestream screenshots viewed by authorities!
ReplyDeleteMen here with titles or their wives, if they wish to, can harm as they wish at anyone's expense via broken laws and unethical actions, while proclaiming God and Christ!