Putting Jesus into context.Christians live lives like everybody else. They are full of ups and downs ups and downs pl.n. Alternating periods of good and bad fortune or spirits. ups and downs Noun, pl alternating periods of good and bad luck or high and low spirits . Herbert O'Driscoll in God With Us (Path Books/ABC Pub, 173 pages, $18.95), with an insight and skill that people have come to expect of him, doesn't disappoint dis·ap·point v. dis·ap·point·ed, dis·ap·point·ing, dis·ap·points v.tr. 1. To fail to satisfy the hope, desire, or expectation of. 2. as he writes about "the companionship companionship the faculty possessed by most truly domesticated animals. They are social creatures and have a great need for the companionship of other animals. Animals in groups are quieter and more productive as a rule. of Jesus in the challenges of life." He begins by assessing the context of Jesus coming into the world, his family life and circumstances concluding, "the complexity and subtlety sub·tle·ty n. pl. sub·tle·ties 1. The quality or state of being subtle. 2. Something subtle, especially a nicety of thought or a fine distinction. of life is beyond understanding. This is precisely why we need the grace for living that is supplied by the Lord whose earthly life and experience was fully as human as ours." He addresses the challenges that confront ordinary people and reveals how Jesus has already been there and is ready to share his life with others in healing and transforming ways. These meditations have a timeless quality. |
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