Though Christmas Day proper has come and gone-- December 25, that is-- we are still blessed by what we celebrated on that day. Let us not give up Christmas just because a certain day has been marked off our calendars. What happened that caused us to celebrate that day is happening still. Let us continue to rejoice in the message of the angels!
“While they were there the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped Him in cloths and placed Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night, An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Luke 2:6-12
Humanity strutted in the shadow of Death
Pleased to be charmed and beguiled,
But the fragrance that mesmerized flesh reached Heaven
As the stench of creation defiled.
Out of the portals of purity
From a realm bathed in radiant light—
From out of the very heart of the Father
Into the bowels of night—
Was sent a Beacon to show us
A light that our spirits were losing;
Was cast as a Buoy to save us
From a torment of man’s own choosing.
For God in His mercy so loved man in his sin
So foolishly dying in need—
Who doused each flicker of His image in us
With the chilling disgust of our greed
That He sent down His own Son to die at our hands,
A King from the pure Halls of Joy,
At unutterable cost—Oh, unthinkable loss!
To be Mary and Joseph’s boy.
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