Day
25 - Christmas Joy!
Reading:
Luke 2:8-20
The
joy, the celebration! Mary, tired, but smiling; Joseph, looking dazed
and yet happy; the visitors to the Inn, peering round to see what's
happening. And then, running down the street, an untidy, smelly band
of Shepherds, yelling at the tops of their voices about Angels, about
a King, about a Baby, about God. Even the animals don't seem to mind
that their food trough has an occupant. A new light shines in the
sky, and surely it can only be a trick of that light that makes it
look like the new-born himself is shining? He slumbers, the everyday
miracle of new life swaddled in bands of cloth. "Are you going
to name him after yourself," asks a guest from the Inn. Joseph
shakes his head. His young wife raises her head: "His name is
Jesus" she says, in a voice that invites no argument; Joseph
meekly nods in agreement. And, just for a moment, the light seems
even brighter than before as the slumbering infant sighs in
contentment. Meanwhile, in the East, the Stargazers are already
setting off to find the new King whose birth has been written so
gloriously across the skies.....
Prayer
Point: Give glory to God in the Highest! Pray peace for His people on
Earth!
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