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through tension, which is a precarious balance. To shy from it, is to remain undeveloped, and to try to do it alone is to fail to understand the magnitude of the task. The unwelcome message of Christ mas is that if God spared not his only Son to this inevitable development process of becoming a mature man in this world, how can we ask to be spared from it. It is not done for punishment, but is done for Love. Since God so loved the World, the World must face the reality of both the requirement to develop, and the pattern and strength to accomplish it, through Him who loves us. Something in each of us will rejoice if we can say, as Robert Browning expresses it: Was it for mere fool’s-play, make-believe or mumming,. So we battled it like men, not boylike sulked or whined?
Each of us heard clang God’s “Come!; and each was coming:
Soldiers all, to forward-face not sneaks to lag behind! In the Christmas story, the Angels said: “Fear Not!" Do not fear to be disturbed: but fear to be undeveloped. Fear not, but dare to live in this universe where God’s spirit is at work, (and as St. Paul says to the Romans) “that... we too might walk in newness of life.”
HIS NAME AT THE TOP I had the nicest Christmas List, The longest one in town, Till Daddy looked at it and said, “you’ll have to cut it down." I knew that what he said was true Beyond the faintest doubt, But was amazed to hear him say, “You’ve left your best Friend out.” And'* so € scanfiW frty likt again,' J And said, “Oh, that’s not true!” But Daddy laid, “His name's not
there, Thet Friend that died for you.” And then I clearly understood, ’Twas Jesus that he meant; For Him who should come first of all I hadn't planned a cent! I’d made a Christmas birthday list And left the Saviour out! But, oh, it didn’t take me long To change the list about. And iho’ I’ve had to drop some
names Of folks I like a lot, My Lord must have the most— because
HIS NAME IS AT THE TOP!
—Author Unknown
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