Buon Natale! Got Jule! Joy Noel!
Feliz Navidad! Merry Christmas!
Our Savior has come – Let us Rejoice and be Glad
Today we celebrate the greatest of
all God’s gifts to us – His Son, Jesus – the Word of God made flesh. God, who loves
us so much, that he sends his living Word to be among us; showing us the way
home to our heavenly Father.
Christmas is a time for remembering
- remembering those who are with us and especially those who are far away. It
is a time of home, of togetherness - a time with family and friends – with all
those people who mean so much to us in our lives. And it is a time to remember the past: all
those who have gone before us - who shaped and influenced our lives; giving us
warm memories that bring us comfort and joy.
This truly is a time of celebration
and great joy – for we celebrate God’s great gift, Jesus - and rejoice in
remembering how much God loves us through His gift of love and compassion in
the person of Jesus. We remember and
renew our relationship with God through this memory of the birth of His Son - the reason we celebrate today.
But, this is not a celebration for
this day only, but a celebration we only renew at this time of year – so we may
keep it all year long,
W in
our Thoughts –
W on
our Lips and
W In
our Hearts.
Jesus, the Christ, our Savior, - the
Word of God made flesh – who lives among us each and every day, - as he has for
the past 20 centuries – remembered from generation to generation, - family to
family, - people to people.
He lives among us always, - not
just inside this beautiful church, - but in this whole beautiful world – God’s
creation and He lives within his people, - within each one of us, - whom he
loves beyond all imagination: For we are
his most precious creation – for we are created - of Star-Dust and the Breath
of God.
So, Let us keep Christ in Christmas
today and every day: Keeping Christ in
our hearts – each and every moment of our lives. Let us listen to the voice of God in the Word
made flesh and live His Word in our thoughts, - words - and actions; sharing
this greatest gift with all we meet in the world.
For in this Christmas Season we are
anointed:
- To announce
the Good News to the poor
- To
proclaim liberty to captives
- Recovery
of sight to the blind and
- Freedom
to the oppressed
AND what is this Good News?
Jesus, the Christ, our Savior is
born this day
He is the Word of God living among
us
Bringing us the gifts of:
- Peace
- Joy
- Hope and
- Love
Freeing us from the chains of sin
and corruption
To live in his heavenly kingdom
forever and ever:
Amen
Peace,
Deacon Don
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