December 23, 2021

I talked with someone this week who met God. She was hit by a car, pronounced dead, and met and talked to God. She was overwhelmed by a sense of profound peace. He told her that now was not her time to die and that everything would be okay. 

She told me, “I don’t just believe in God. I know God. He’s more real than this anything in this world.” She’s right. As C.S Lewis said, our world is “the Shadowlands.”

Everything is going to be okay. That is the wonderful shorthand message of the gospel, especially at Christmas time. “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” (Luke 2: 13-14)

“O God, you have caused this holy night to shine with the brightness of the true Light: Grant that we, who have known the mystery of that Light on earth, may also enjoy him perfectly in heaven; where with you and the Holy Spirit he lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.” (Christmas Day – BCP)