a small collection of a few of my Christmas favourites this year...
not sure about you, but the heaviness of a long pandemic (yep, still going) is real. add to that hard diagnoses for many, lost loved ones, addiction, brokenness all around- parents, kids, families, and overall a misguided and deeply hurting world. a world distracted by self-advancement, status, noise and temporary material gain.
Christmas is here at the perfect time, isn't it? December 2021 finds us desperate for Christmas! Christ in Christmas, precisely...if only we all, myself included, caught more of the true message of this season.
just imagine...there, in the stillness of night, God escorted His only Son into the humblest of beginnings. to capture a world in utter lostness, then and now, needing to rest weary eyes on the face of a Saviour. no one would have orchestrated the arrival of a baby King as God had, that much is sure. yet God knew exactly what He was doing. He knew that rustic Bethlehem stable, surrounded by unassuming livestock as guests of honour, would be divinely perfect. yes, that understated and underwhelming entrance made Jesus so much more relatable, approachable, and exactly what our heavy hearts longed to behold. the Messiah, baby Jesus was finally here and accessible in the flesh, in a way our eyes and hearts could embrace.
(chalkboard art by my talented Layla...)
Emmanuel. God with us. Emmanuel. God still with us.
God With Us by We Are Messengers
and another...
He Shall Reign Forevermore by Chris Tomlin
and one more
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