“Who of us would want to celebrate Christmas correctly? Who will finally lay at the manger all power, all honor, all reputation, all vanity, all pride, and all selfishness? Who is content to be lowly and to let God alone be high?”
-Bonhoeffer, 1933 Advent sermon
When my kids learn piano, it’s so hard for them to learn to “play the rests” as their teacher calls it. Play the full rest. Don’t rush to the next note. It’s part of the music.
That’s what I’m thinking about this Saturday morning. God plays the rests.
Lavé una lunchera de mi hijo con un bolsillo secreto. Tenía la figurita de Neymar que le costó muchísimas negociaciones y tantas otras figuritas. Se viven momentos de onda tensión.
CS Lewis said somewhere that it isn’t just that his friend died, it’s that the part of him that only his friend could bring out would never be brought out again.