Christmas

Let’s Go to Bethlehem!

The birth of Jesus occurred during a Roman tax decree, prompting Mary and Joseph to travel to Bethlehem. Soon after arriving, Mary went into labor and gave birth in humble surroundings. Shepherds, visited by angels announcing Jesus’ birth, found the family and shared the news, astonishing all who heard it.

Let’s Go to Bethlehem! And hurry, for our baby is due to be born any day!

Sure enough, Mary and Joseph no sooner arrived in the little town of Bethlehem than Mary began her labor. God provided them a quiet but humble place to spend the night so that Mary could rest and deliver their precious new baby, Jesus.

Not too far away, a few shepherds were tending their flocks of sheep when:

Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others – the armies of heaven – praising God and saying,

“Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”

When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about. “They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger. After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child. All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished, but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often. ~Luke 2:13-19

May your Christmas be a celebration of the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. I pray that your knowledge of Him brings your household peace, abounding joy, and excitement that God sent His only Son to earth in order to make everything that is wrong in this world right again.

Love and prayers,

Sherron

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The Glory of Christmas

Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day, in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

“Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.”

And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger.

Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.

Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them. ~ Luke 2:8-20 NKJV

As I am telling you now.

“Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

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Angel of the Lord visited the shepherds and informed them of Jesus’ birth, Bethlehem, Church at the Shepherds’ Fields

Photo Credit: ©CanStock Photo Inc/zatletic

Counting Down Christmas

Counting down the days until Christmas morning?  Today I decided to pretend that every day is Christmas Eve.  That way, I can just relax and let the season roll over me.  I do not intend to let the world steal my Christmas Joy.  In remembrance of our Savior, Christ’s birth …

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And she (Mary) brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. ~ Luke 2:7 NKJV

The yard looks Christmassy.  Every window facing the street is strung with blue, white, and multi-colored LED.  The timers are functioning perfectly.  The lights come on and go off right on schedule.  I sit in the dark looking out of the festive windows of my living room and ponder what my life would be like if Jesus had not come to save me.  Indeed, what would the entire planet be like by now without Jesus?

I don’t want to know.