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Matthew 2:1-11; 12-13
Matthew 6:31-33
Luke 6:35-38
"Maybe that is why it is called the human condition. Like asthma or myopia, being human is a condition we live with–a splendid one in most respects–but one with certain built-in limitations. Some things will budge for us and some will not. We cannot fly. We cannot live forever. We cannot control everything that happens to us. That is the human condition, and it can be frightening, because what that means is we cannot choose all the circumstances of our lives. All we can really choose is how we respond to them, and that is why it takes a lot of courage to be a human being.” –Barbara Brown Taylor