Merry Christmas!
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given;
and the government will be upon His shoulders, and His name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of His government and of peace there will be no end, and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David...
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
Isaiah 9:6-7
'All beautiful the march of days, as seasons come and go;
The Hand that shaped the rose hath wrought the crystal of the snow;
Hath sent the hoary frost of Heav'n, the flowing waters sealed,
And laid a silent loveliness on hill and wood and field.
O'er white expanses sparkling pure the radiant morns unfold;
The solemn splendors of the night burn brighter than the cold;
Life mounts in every throbbing vein, love deepens round the hearth,
And clearer sounds the angel hymn, "Good will to men on earth,"
O Thou from Whose unfathomed law the year in beauty flows,
Thyself the vision passing by in crystal and in rose,
Day unto day doth utter speech, and night to night proclaim,
In ever changing words of light, the wonder of Thy Name.'
--Willard L. Metcalf (1858-1925)
hail the incarnate Deity.
Pleased as Man with men to dwell--
Jesus, our Emmanuel."
--Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (traditional)
Did you realize...
That Jesus was born the King of kings,
and not a prince first?
That night, the stable sheltered
Something
older than the stars--
Yet having drawn breath with human lungs for only a few minutes; Something too great to be contained in the universe, yet small enough to be held in human arms; Something with infinite power, yet concealed in the skin of a helpless human infant;
And that Something
--that Someone--
was more real than anything else
in all the world.
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