The acappella quartet, Glad, sings a beautiful melody concerning Christ's birth, called "In the First Light." The lyrics are something as follows:
In the first light of a new day, no one knew He had arrived.
Things continued, as they had been, while a newborn softly cried.
But the heavens, wrapped in wonder, knew the meaning of His birth,
In the weakness of a baby, they knew God had come to earth.
Titus 2:11 states the truth in this fashion: "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men." A theologian of an earlier era named Benjamin Breckenridge Warfield stated that God's grace was His positive sovereign favor extended to those who deserved unfavor, ill favor and worse. One cannot help but be struck by the simplicity and tender way in which this grace of God appeared, for the purpose of bringing salvation to all men. But with each nativity drama re-enacted, and with each Christmas carol sung, and with each recitation of Luke 2, we are reminded of the appearance and reality of the grace of God that came with Christ Jesus our Lord. May His grace be experienced and displayed in your home, in your observance of His birth which we soon celebrate.
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Chris and Eunice, Merry Christmas, dear ones! I can't help but wonder what you are doing on this very special Christmas. I'm glad the girls will be with you. Obviuosly it will be one you will never forget. Who would have expected that you would be in Dallas and under these circumstances. The Lord works in mysterious ways, huh? Well, we will rejoice next year when we look back at all the Lord has done! In the meantime, just know that as we gather tonight to worship that each of us will be carrying you in our hearts as well as our prayers. You're loved and missed! Gary and Barb
Just wanted to say Merry Christmas to 2 of my favorite people! We miss you, both and can't wait til you are back home once, again! I told the girls to give you both hugs from us!
love--Michelle and Tenielle
Chris and Eunice and girls. Merry Christmas. We prayed that everything went smooth for the girls.We hope you have a wonderful few days together. Thank you for you daily blogs that I read as I get ready for each day of work. Love and miss you Dale and Joan
MERRY CHRISTMAS! The breakfast casserole is filling the house with its savory aroma and the rest of the family is still sawing logs - so I wanted to take time out to say tell you that we are thinking of you and the girls and praying for you as you celebrate the birth of our Savior! Oh and what a Savior! Because of His birth we celebrate new birth; we celebrate God with us. May His faithful presence be your greatest present this year.
We love you both!
Sharon (for the Burrows)
Merry Christmas!
I have been following your website and have been praying for you. You don't know me, but I am Jennifer Swartz's mother. You have been on our prayer tree at New Hope in Ogallala. Jesus came to bring us hope and peace. As believers we have both and so much more!Thank you for your inspiring blogs.
DeAnn Zwickl
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