I have recently been camped out in Psalm 23. It is an interesting anomaly: When I seek comfort, I find a passage that discusses comfort. Does comfort come from simply reading the passage? Or does comfort come from the Divine Author? Is comfort immediate, or is it a slow process? Regardless of the details of comfort, I have enjoyed comfort from God. Still, I am not one who simply lets comfort happen and pass me by. I seek to know the process. Impossible? Possibly. Here is what I have discovered…

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Christmas is approaching quickly. Are you ready? Of course when that question is asked, the first thing we think of is our shopping: is it done? But what if that question has nothing to do with gifts? What if I meant that question like this: Are you spiritually ready for Christmas? Is that a silly question? What sort of spiritual preparation would we need to be ready for Christmas? The typical preparation for Christmas involves the mall, not the soul. I will leave you to ponder that thought on your own, combined with what C. S. Lewis has to say about this affair. Those of you that know me well may think that I wrote what follows, but I did not; C. S. Lewis did for a secular magazine in 1957. I do find myself in considerable agreement… what about you?