http://stbenedictstable.ca/2009/01/as-the-dust-settles-from-christmas/ a worshipping community, rooted in an ancient future Mon, 14 May 2012 19:31:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://stbenedictstable.ca/2009/01/as-the-dust-settles-from-christmas/#comment-37 Byron O'Donnell Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:48:29 +0000 http://stbenedictstable.ca/?p=308#comment-37 I'm with you on this one, Jamie. And there is a reality of good will out there that landed on me this last Christmas day. I was alone and blue and had three people I would characterize as peripheral acquaintances who went out of their way and called during the day to invite me to their table that night. I declined the first two suspecting I would be bad company but realized that folly when a third invite came. Took my guitar and did carols for the hostess and felt totally uplited by it. God did not want me alone that day, and I thank him for entering people's hearts and making them think of me. Pretty Christmisy story I guess, but real to me. Makes one feel good about humanity. I’m with you on this one, Jamie.
And there is a reality of good will out there that landed on me this last Christmas day. I was alone and blue and had three people I would characterize as peripheral acquaintances who went out of their way and called during the day to invite me to their table that night. I declined the first two suspecting I would be bad company but realized that folly when a third invite came. Took my guitar and did carols for the hostess and felt totally uplited by it. God did not want me alone that day, and I thank him for entering people’s hearts and making them think of me. Pretty Christmisy story I guess, but real to me. Makes one feel good about humanity.

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