Salvation Sound - December 2009
Posted on December 3, 2009
In the days of 1906 when Edith Holden wrote her diary, she talked of the “very hard
frosts” and the snow falls of December. I quote,
December 14th. Heavy fall of snow.
December 20th. Rapid thaw.
December 25th. A snowy Christmas morning - sunshine later - sharp frost at night.
December 26th, Another heavy fall of snow.
December 27th. In the paper today it reports that all Britain lies under snow, from John
o' Groats to Lands End.
It is not diffi cult to sense a thrill of excitement on her discovering snow on Christmas
morning. Our seasons in this day and age have changed so much - plants are fl owering
that shouldn't be, bulbs are already pushing their spurs through the earth - the bible
tells us that there will come a time when we will not be able to tell one season from
another; but one thing does not alter, that is, that Christ starts Christmas...
So what is Christmas all about? A happy mix of seasonal charity and magic? The
brilliant glittering fairyland of “the lights”? The shimmering tinsel? The visit to
'Santa's Grotto',? with its elves and automated animals? The everlasting (well from
October to December) Christmas music in the stores? the presents, the tree, the carol
singers, the brass band, the food? NO - it's all about:
“The babe who against his mothers
breast was curled;
And those who said “He was to be king
of the world,
Who would grow and reign in the heart
of man,
For this was part of God's great plan”.
Men, who will tell the world of His
birth,
For He was sent to redeem the earth.—
On a cold winter morn,
To a young couple was the child born,
Into this world it came,
A boy, Jesus was his name.”
“It's good in troubled times to share
The tranquility of that espoused pair -
May their joy in your homes abide
As you celebrate this Christmastide;
With love and blessings untold for
The Christ of Christmas is worth
Far more than gold...
The message of love is as meaningful
now as it was on that long-ago night
when shepherds followed the light of
a star to the stable in Bethlehem. God
gave us this child for our encouragement
and to teach us the way to fulfi lment of life and hope for eternity.
She...laid him in a manger. Luke 2 : 7.
He was a baby, he became an adolescent and grew to
be a young adult. He wasn't a ready made prophet, but
he was and is The Christ of Christmas.
May God Bless You...
Source: Focus, December 2009
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