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At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was Your good pleasure." — Luke 10:21
I love Christmas. It is my favorite time of year. For this is the time of year when we return to wonder. For a moment in time we leave our arrogance and our cynicism and our pretension behind, and we join children everywhere looking up into the sky at angels.
These great creatures of power and beauty smile to reassure us as we stand there with the shepherds trembling with fear and awe.
"Do not be afraid!" With soothing voices they bring a word of comfort from God Himself. The word of comfort.
Emmanuel. God is with us.
And all of us, we throw away our cell phones and our appointment books, so with the shepherds we can scramble to find that baby. We come to Bethlehem, but we can’t take in what we find there. How could God Himself be so small and so breakable?
In our hearts we hear the angel’s song. It echoes not just through the hills, but through the centuries, finding each of us and calling each of us back to the day when God became a child.
Be encouraged!
Dwight
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