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Looking in the Window: Christmas and a Square Peg

MERRY CHRISTMAS!   Photo Courtesy of Google Remembering Why We Celebrate Christmas ā€œYou canā€™t put a square peg in a round hole.ā€  The old clichĆ© seems odd for a Christmas blog, but just as we canā€™t put a square peg in a round hole, God canā€™t allow evil in His presence. About God, Psalm 5:4 says, ā€œYouā€™re not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell.ā€ The Bible tells us in Psalm 100: 5, ā€œFor the Lord is goodā€¦ā€ Every good thing on this earth comes from God, and He is the origin of all love.  According to the Bible, after He formed the world, He created humans to fellowship with Him, but He gave us free will rather than force us to choose Him. Itā€™s easy to see why when we remember we may compel others to do things they donā€™t want to, but it doesnā€™t change whatā€™s in their hearts. God wanted us to love Him with all our hearts and souls. Unfortunately, the first humans made a different choice and let evil into the perfect paradise God had given us. Thus...