Economic woes, Prop 8 fight goes on, Fires and Floods, Oh My!
I didn't do a Thanksgiving column this year , but I would like to take a moment to say thank you to my friends, and family and co-workers. If I didn't already know what George Bailey had to die to learn, it would not be a such wonderful life. And if things did not take time to unfold, then everything would happen at once.
I would often tell the story of Noah and the Ark to my daughter because I knew she would hear it from the disreputable kids at school. (I mean the Church goers) and I wanted her to know what it meant, not just a cute boat full of animals. The meaning I pointed out to her is that the rainbow was created by God to show that he would never destroy the world again. It was a message of safety and forgiveness. I try to weave this into the Christmas Story as well, that the reason people get so excited about Jesus was his promise that every person was forgiven and all could go to heaven. Period. She hears a lot of drivel about the conditions in small print, and I tell her those are lies. Everyone. Period. I think that makes a much better story than Homos can't go because it says something obscure in book so and so, but ignore the part about eating shrimp or pork because that doesn't count anymore.
If you're a christian, and trying to figure out what that means you're supposed to do, start with this. What if everyone was forgiven. If you didn't have to do anything? What would you choose to do? Consider the lillies of the field, go forth and sin no more. And have yourself a merry little Christmas.