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Luke
2:8-11
In
that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their
flock by night. Then an angel of
the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and
they were terrified. But the
angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of
great joy for all the people: to
you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.
To you
We live a time of fear. But these words are nonsense. Fear is
our human condition, the inescapable result of being finite and mortal. We love
our existence and know we will lose it, fearing the day will come too soon.
We always want more … more life, more love, more joy, dreading
the loss of what we know and love.
It is not surpassing that the shepherds hide their faces and
cling to the ground when strange sights interrupt the night. They know the fear
they face in the darkness, the ravenous predators creeping on their sheep.
It is to them that the message comes, “Do not be afraid.”
The message comes … to
you who know bad things can and will happen, to you who bear deep wounds and fear their next arrival, to you who feel the ache of separation
from the Love that calms your heart, to
you … a savior comes.
The savior unites heaven and earth. Separation from the Love
who is Life is abolished. The Life of God is joined with our mortality and
flows through our souls stilling every fear.
So ignore the fevered voices of fright that fan panic and
alarm. Turn from those who tell you to be afraid. Rejoice and laugh. Lift your
glass high and toast the heavens for the time of fear is done—to you is born a savior.
Pr. David L. Miller
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