Immanuel Has Come!
O Come Let us adore Him!!
We truly hope and pray that in these unsettled times you find peace and joy in Christ our Lord. We pray that you can enjoy time with friends and family reminiscing and remembering as well as making knew memories and traditions.
We pray that the season will be filled with joy- even if it is a time of sorrow and loss for you personally.
There is a joy and peace that transcends our circumstances- that is deeper than pain and flows slowly and steadily as the river of God’s love.
“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel.”
Isaiah 7:14
During the desperate days of the Battle of Britain and the Second World War many people referred to the times as “dark days”. Winston Churchill recoiled from using the term- he instead called them “sterner times.”
He was referencing the fact that some times and seasons call for resiliency and fortitude- yes, they may even seem like dark times; however, the Prince of peace has entered our dark world and brought the light of life. So although these may be sterner times- they truly are not dark times- no instead let us always remember- the Light has come!!
Please have a very Merry Christmas- eat a little more than you should- laugh a little more often, stay up late with the kids and grand-kids or those you love, wear your pj’s and sit by the fire and sip a piping hot drink, drink some eggnog and eat a ginger snap- make it a joyous time.
I think our Lord likes to see the lines of laughter about our face more than the melancholy spirit that sometimes drags us down. Read the Scripture and meditate often and long. Worship and pray- Our Lord has come!!
Let us all rejoice! He has come “to save His people from their sin.”
Because of grace,
Tim
