Christmas is upon us. And, it is both a wonder and a time of peril. Why is it a wonder? This is The Baptist Courier; I’m confident you get it. But as for the perils? They are legion. This is no surprise. Among other realities, why wouldn’t the enemy of our souls make our great celebration a time of difficulty? Christmas is a time of potential physical dangers, of course. (Trust me, I see it.) We overexert and overeat. We risk life and limb putting up decorations on ladders and attaching electricity to blinking lights; we light up dry trees in dry houses. Cooks get burned in the kitchen, and adults fall over children’s toys. Cars crash. At family gatherings, we share our infections. And we share our inner wounds in arguments and slights. The season can also give us other types of pain. Christmas, because we focus so much…