Mid-Week Musings
December 25, 2024
Suggested Reading: Luke 2:20
Dear NBRC Family & Friends,
The shepherds who were visited at night by an angel of the Lord while keeping watch over their flocks experienced the glory of the Lord shining around them. After they received news that in the town of David a Savior had been born, and after they heard the heavenly host praising God, the disciples hastily traveled to Bethlehem where they found Mary, Joseph, and the baby who was lying in a manger. After their visit, the shepherds left and shared with others “what had been told them about this child” (217b, NIV). Eventually, the shepherds returned to their fields and flocks and they did so “glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told” (2:20, NIV).
For many, Christmas Day might be the most favorite day of the year. For Christians, it’s the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus. For many Christians and non-Christians alike, so much planning and thought go into celebrating this special day. But eventually the day not only comes, but it also goes. Just like that, Christmas Day is over for another year.
How will you leave Christmas Day this year? Tired and exhausted? Surprised by how much money you spent on gifts? Ready to take down and pack away the decorations? Annoyed with the relative you find obnoxious and with whom you have to put with once a year? Eager to find your spot in the line at a store to make a gift return or an exchange? Or, maybe you’ll leave Christmas Day wishing it wasn’t over so soon.
However else you leave Christmas Day, may you leave it experiencing the hope, peace, joy, and love that come with knowing Christ as Savior and Lord. And may you leave it glorifying and praising God!
Pastor Ron
Prayer suggestion: As youpray, ask God to help you glorify and praise Him.
(On Sunday morning, December 29, 2024, Rev. Mitch Brink will be the guest worship leader and preacher. The sermon title is No News Is Good News and the Scripture lessons will be from Galatians 1:6- 12 and 2 Corinthians 11:1-6.)