(Yes, I’m playing catchup here. Yes, this was supposed to be posted two days ago. It was a long/tiring day at work and I just wasn’t motivated to be on top of it. So both the post and the photo are from today.)
On those years when I take up the photo-a-day challenge for Advent or Lent, I do so with a purpose. I want these times (as the early church founders intended) to be set apart as something outside the ordinary—something where we operate outside the comfort of “normal times.” Well, after two years of “celebrating” non-normal times, I’m finding myself drawn this year to seek out the normal during this time of Advent waiting.
Had this been a “normal” year, I would have sought a photo that tried to capture the act of feeding those less fortunate than us or to capture alternative meaning of “to feed.” But this year, I’m sharing our annual ritual of sharing cookies on Christmas day. We are a little ahead this year, having prepped the plates two days in advance rather than scrambling on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning.
Had this been a “normal” year, I would have questioned the delivery of cookies as “feeding.” Cookies don’t have any real nutritional value. They are an unnecessary luxury item that aren’t really all that good for our bodies. BUT… BUT… BUT… the joy of this simple act (that has become a tradition) feeds the soul. It feeds our soul as we drive around to friends’ homes on Christmas day. It feeds the souls of our friends when we arrive unannounced with this simple gift.
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