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The first Christmas was a time when God said to all mankind, “Enough of you! Just shut up and see what I am about to do!”

So the proper response in Christmas is to stop all our ever-repeating recitation and singing of Christmas passages and hymns; stop the celebrations of ourselves; stop all demonstrations of our buying and consuming power.

Just as the night when Jesus was born, the world stood still; so we need to shut our mouth and stop what we are doing.

No creature in heaven or on earth can utter a single word when the impossible suddenly became possible.

That’s the true meaning of “Silent” night — not a quiet and peaceful evening, but an unresting and indescribable of both darkness and light where everything and everyone can only respond in absolute silence.

And carefully observe what God is going to do next.

– EH