I feel disconnected today. Yesterday I gave the sermon at church. In summary, my message was that in celebrating Christmas we learn to love Jesus before we learn that Jesus loves us. As we get older the two become intertwined.
Wouldn’t you think I would be feeling peaceful and faithful after that? Well, I’m not. All morning I’ve felt empty and purposeless. I know that’s the way it goes with faith, but I don’t like it. I want all the certainty and childlike ease that the nativity scene offers. But Jesus grows up quickly and then comes Lent before Easter. No one ever said Christianity was easy.
Wouldn’t you think I would be feeling peaceful and faithful after that? Well, I’m not. All morning I’ve felt empty and purposeless. I know that’s the way it goes with faith, but I don’t like it. I want all the certainty and childlike ease that the nativity scene offers. But Jesus grows up quickly and then comes Lent before Easter. No one ever said Christianity was easy.
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