Friday, December 6, 2013

Comfort for the Anxious

I was standing in line recently at Panera Bread during lunch time.  It was crowded, noisy, the lines were long, and people were bumping into each other.  It was a little microcosm of our world.  As I stood there fretting about how long things were taking, I happened to look over to see a mom and her infant child standing just behind me.  There in the midst of the crowds, noise and chaos was this picture of something almost unimaginable - a sleeping, quiet, content little baby, unfazed by the velocity of life and the anxieties that accompany it.  

What a picture of Christmas for all of us who feel the weight of anxiety, frustration, and even depression.  Christ came into this anxious world to bring calm and comfort to a sin-laden people preoccupied with everything but God.  Joy to the world!

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