Today we praise you
father God
in words and in music
and through the
creative retelling of
the old familiar
Christmas story.
This is a story we have
heard from childhood
a story that has become
part of us through repetition
It is a very familiar story
yet still we find we
wonder and praise God
at the immensity of the
story behind the tales of shepherds, angels and kings.
It is the story of the mighty
God, the creator of heaven and earth
coming to earth in
unbelievable vulnerability
as a baby
born in an insanitary
and dangerous place and time
in a borrowed cowshed
where danger lurked in
the shadows cast by Herod and Rome.
And as we ponder on
this amazing initiative by God
we realise that this is
always the way that God works:
coming in seeming
weakness
speaking through the
small and vulnerable.
God's way is a path that is
often difficult for us to follow
for it goes against the
accepted ways of the world:
The path of
following Jesus
brings great reward but does not promise an easy journey.Written by me December 2015
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