Wednesday, November 25, 2015

A SONG OF LOVE AND JOY

“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.  And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.  And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”
Luke 2:11-14 KJV

Charles Wesley wrote one of my favorite Christmas carols, the beautiful Christmas hymn “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing”.  Just as the angels sang and rejoiced because Jesus was born, so you and I should also sing and rejoice because the precious Baby Jesus was born.  Jesus grew up and became our Saviour.

Jesus left His Father, His home and all that He had to come to earth and die on the cross for our sins.  Jesus, Who had never done anything wrong or sinned allowed them to crucify Him on a cross of agony and suffered excruciating pain.  No one has ever endured pain and suffering like Jesus did and nobody ever will.

One of the definitions I found in Webster’s Dictionary for endure is “to experience (pain or suffering) for a long time”.  I’m sure when Jesus was hanging on that cross with the blood flowing down His body, He felt that He had been hanging on the cross for a long time.  He endured all that pain for you and for me.

His body was not the only thing that was hurting.  His heart was also hurting because of the way He was treated and the rejection He felt.  I believe every time they pounded a nail into His hands that He also felt the pain in His heart.  Have you allowed it to go from head knowledge to heart knowledge that Jesus loves you?

Joanne Lowe
November 25, 2015

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