Holidays
©Jeanne E Webster
Are you ready for Christmas? I guess that depends on what I mean by "Christmas."
Is your shopping done? Have you gotten all the gifts on your list?
If not, you’re not ready for Christmas. It takes quite an organized person to bring this about so early in the season. You still have over two weeks to shop, select necessary items, make catalog purchases, order gifts online, and perhaps have time remaining to gift wrap, package, ship out, then take a deep breath of relief. You’ve got it all in hand. You’ve done your duty, to family and friends.
On the other hand...are you ready for Christmas? Are you ready to celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ?
No shopping list needed, no gifts to buy, no weeks of shopping ahead, no hurrying and scurrying here and there in a frantic rush amid the masses. All you need is an open heart and a listening ear.
Do you hear the music? Listen...with your heart and spirit:
O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie;
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.
Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.
For Christ is born of Mary; and gathered all above,
While mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wondering love.
O morning stars together proclaim the holy birth;
And praises sing to God the King, and peace to men on earth.
How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is given!
So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of His heaven.
No ear may hear His coming, but in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive Him, still the dear Christ enters in.
O holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin, and enter in, be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell;
O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel. Amen
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Father, we celebrate the birth of your Son, Jesus Christ...
Your Heavenly gift to us so long ago on that dark night in Bethlehem town. No one heard His coming as Mary gave birth in a lowly manger. The angels heralded the news to meek souls below, as they told us that a Savior was born, which was Christ our Lord. As we sing praises and glory to you this Christmas day, we give thanks for this precious Child, our King. Come into our hearts, abide with us, O Lord, be born in us today! In His dear name we pray, amen.
Are you truly ready for Christmas? May we join together and say a heartfelt amen to that. AMEN!
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Wow! That totally put me in the real Christmas spirit. How precious the gift He gave to us. Thanks for this awesome reminder.
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