Friday, December 25, 2020

  December  26, 2020

 

Thought for Today

 

“And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans--and all that lives and move upon them. He has given us all green things and everything that blossoms and bears fruit and all that we quarrel about and all that we have misused--and to save us from our foolishness, from all our sins, He came down to earth and gave us Himself.”

Sigrid Undset




December  25,  2020


PEOPLE   WATCHING

 
I am the baby in that crib.
 
I am Mary feeding that kid.
 
I am Joseph guarding this family.
 
I am the shepherds discovering this kid.
 
I am the kings lead from afar by a star.
 
I am the donkey, the sheep, the goat,
and the cow, not knowing who is this kid.
 
I am mother, father, brother, sister,
when you see me, you’ll see yourself.
 
People watch and you’ll start to see what
this baby saw: each other in each other.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020


  December  25,  2020


Christmas Story


Andy

December  25, 2020

 

Thought for Today

 

“Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you.”


Steve Maraboli,
Unapologetically You:
Reflections on Life and
the Human Experience



Thursday, December 24, 2020

December  24, 2020 

CHRISTMAS  EVE
 
The one thing to do each
Christmas Eve is to sit.
 
I know it’s difficult
with so much to do.
 
But sit! Sit with each
other for a moment.
 
Mary and Joseph did it.
“Phew. We have a place.”
 
The baby will come.
And all will be well.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020


December  24, 2020

 

Thought for Today

 

“To me was shown no harder hell than sin.”

 

Juliana of Norwich


Wednesday, December 23, 2020

December  23,  2020



LEANINGS
 
After 65 – before or after –
we learn that others have their
leanings – like - liking chocolate
chip cookies or racism or being
on the far right or far left or they
avoid talking politics in the first
place or knowing who’s running
hurt or whom to remain silent 
with – because they haven’t
figured out life or themselves yet.
That’s all. We all have our leanings.
 

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2020