Saturday, December 14, 2013

Christmas nonsense

Christmas is nonsense. It's for fools and charlatans. It's outlandish to think that God exists, much less that he sent his son to the earth as a baby to live among us and teach us things like love and kindness and sacrifice and then to die to wipe our slates clean. All these songs and and stories and quotations of how Jesus is real and still with us? The celebration of Christmas is wrought with improbable, unprovable nonsense. It's enough to turn one's stomach. My head is getting light just in the writing of it. It's ridiculous! Unless...you realize it is love.

Love is nonsense. It's for fools and charlatans. It's outlandish to think that it exists, much less that it teaches us to love and to be kind and to sacrifice. It even washes our slate clean. All these songs and stories and quotations of how love is real and still with us? The celebration of love is wrought with improbable, unprovable nonsense. It's enough to turn one's stomach. My head is getting light just in the writing of it. It's ridiculous!! Unless...you KNOW it for yourself.

Happy Christmas all you fellow fools and charlatans.

I LOVE God for giving us Jesus AND love.


3 comments:

Cheryl said...

I begin every school year by reading my favorite children's book, The Tale of Despereaux , to my class. The author, Kate DiCamillo, describes love as "a powerful, wonderful, ridiculous thing, capable of moving mountains." And later, she says "Forgiveness, reader, is, I think something very much like hope and love - a powerful, wonderful thing."

Every year, when I read that part, I get a little choked up. And the kids say, "Are you crying?" The truth is, I am. This post explains exactly why.

I'm so happy for the miracles of faith, hope, love, and the gift of forgiveness. What powerful, wonderful, ridiculous things to celebrate.

Merry Christmas, John!

Anonymous said...

"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." e Merry Christmas John from a Happy Fool. :-) --Judy (aka Mom C.)

John said...

It's clear to me that you two get it. Thanks for wishing me merriment. My heart is glad to know the company of fools :)