Tell the devil Off! Read this. All of it. (When the angels sang “good will toward men” the Greek word is eudokia which means “joy and delight.” Read what Martin Luther preached.) We have a cheerful, joyful, defiant state of mind in the face of whatever suffering we may experience, so that we can tell the devil, You do not have permission to make life so bitter for me that it would deprive me of the joy I find in this infant. That is the meaning of eudokia: a cheerful, unruffled, joyful, and courageous heart that pays little attention to misfortune and confidently tells the devil, Go ahead, and be as mean and poisonous as you wish; I will not let my joy be embittered or destroyed by your wrath. Christ fills me with more joy than any amount of suffering you can impose on me. That kind of heart the angels wish for us sincerely with their song.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:51:09 +0000
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