\u201cBe not afraid; for behold, I bring you Good News of a great joy . . . This day is born the Savior,\u201d that is, he who, as Son of God and Son of the Father, has traveled (in obedience to the Father) the path that leads away from the Father and into the darkness of the world. Behind him omnipotence and freedom; before, powerlessness, bonds and obedience. Behind him the comprehensive divine vision; before him the prospect of the meaninglessness of death on the Cross between two criminals, Behind him the bliss of life with the Father; before him, grievous solidarity with all who do not know the Father, do not want to know him and deny his existence. Rejoice then, for God himself has passed this way! The Son took with him the awareness of doing the Father\u2019s will. He took with him the unceasing prayer that the Father\u2019s will would be done on the dark earth as in the brightness of heaven. He took with him his rejoicing that the Father had hidden these things from the wise and revealed them to babes, to the simple and the poor. \u201cI am the way,\u201d and this way is \u201cthe truth\u201d for you; along this way you will find \u201cthe life.\u201d Along \u201cthe way\u201d that I am you will learn to lose your life in order to find it; you will learn to grow beyond yourselves and your insincerity into a truth that is greater than you are. From a worldly point of view everything may seem very dark; your dedication may seem unproductive and a failure. But do not be afraid: you are on God\u2019s path. \u201cLet not your hearts be troubled: believe in God; believe also in me.\u201d I am walking on ahead of you and blazing the trail of Christian love for you. It leads to your most inaccessible brother, the person most forsaken by God. But it is the path of divine love itself. You are on the right path. All who deny themselves in order to carry out love\u2019s commission are on the right path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Miracles happen along this path. Apparently insignificant miracles, noticed by hardly anyone. The very finding of a Child wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger\u2014is this not a miracle in itself? Then there is the miracle when a particular mission, hidden in a person\u2019s heart, really reaches its goal, bringing God\u2019s peace and joy where there were nothing but despair and resignation; when someone succeeds in striking a tiny light in the midst of an overpowering darkness. When joy irradiates a heart that no longer dared to believe in it. Now and again we ourselves are assured that the angel\u2019s word we are trying to obey will bring us to the place where God\u2019s Word and Son is already made man. We are assured that, in spite of all the noise and nonsense, today, December 25, is Christmas just as truly as two millennia ago. Once and for all God has started out on his journey toward us, and nothing, till the world\u2019s end, will stop him from coming to us and abiding in us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> Some photos I took on a misty evening in Elburg , The Netherlands last week with some Christmas decorations. pic.twitter.com\/0L5KINpi9Z<\/a><\/p>— Albert Dros (@albertdrosphoto) January 1, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>