Post Christmas

The post-Christmas period can be something of an anti-climax.'Shopperolics'may find some relief in 'retail therapy'but for the rest of us it may be a case of taking a deep breath before launching into the New Year. But we might learn a lesson from the rustic shepherds who were first on the scene after the birth of Jesus Christ. Having seen the baby we read that the shepherds returned to where they were living in nearby nearby fields 'praising God for all the things they had heard and seen' (Luke 2.20).For them the glow and the glory didn't pass as a dream. They took Christmas with them back to the hum-drum task and the familiar setting. And life copuld never be the same again!