See also: Incarnation<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.<\/p>\n
The Bible, Luke 2:14<\/i><\/p>\n
My husband likes those nativity cards, but I prefer something more Christmassy.<\/p>\n
Conversation overheard in a charity shop.<\/p>\n
Author unknown<\/i><\/p>\n
Selfishness makes Christmas a burden; love makes it a delight.<\/p>\n
Author unknown<\/i><\/p>\n
Bethlehem and Golgotha, the Manger and the Cross, the birth and the death, must always be seen together.<\/p>\n
J. Sidlow Baxter<\/i><\/p>\n
It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.<\/p>\n
Charles Dickens<\/i><\/p>\n
The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be?<\/p>\n
My God, no hymn for Thee?<\/p>\n
My soul\u2019s a shepherd too: a flock it feeds<\/p>\n
Of thoughts, and words, and deeds.<\/p>\n
The pasture is Thy Word, the streams, Thy<\/p>\n
Grace<\/p>\n
Enriching all the place.<\/p>\n
Shepherd and flock shall sing, and all my<\/p>\n
powers<\/p>\n
Out-sing the daylight hours.<\/p>\n
George Herbert<\/i><\/p>\n
When we celebrate Christmas we are celebrating that amazing time when the Word that shouted all the galaxies into being, limited all power, and for love of us came to us in the powerless body of a human baby.<\/p>\n
Madeline L\u2019Engle<\/i><\/p>\n
Ah, we poor people, to be so cold and sluggish in the face of the great joy that has clearly been prepared for us! This great benefaction exceeds by far all the other works of creation; and yet our faith in it is found to be so weak, although it is preached and sung to us by angels, who are heavenly theologians and who were so glad for our sake! Their song is very, very beautiful and describes the entire Christian religion. For giving glory to God in the highest heaven is the supreme worship. This they wish and bring to us in the Christ.<\/p>\n
Martin Luther<\/i><\/p>\n
The Christmas message is that there is hope for a ruined humanity \u2013 hope of pardon, hope of peace with God, hope of glory \u2013 because at the Father\u2019s will Jesus Christ became poor, and was born in a stable so that thirty years later He might hang on a cross.<\/p>\n
J.I. Packer<\/i><\/p>\n
What can I give him,<\/p>\n
Poor as I am?<\/p>\n
If I were a shepherd,<\/p>\n
I would bring a lamb,<\/p>\n
If I were a Wise Man,<\/p>\n
I would do my part \u2013<\/p>\n
Yet what can I give Him?<\/p>\n
Give my heart.<\/p>\n
Christina Rossetti<\/i><\/p>\n
Where is this stupendous stranger?<\/p>\n
Prophets, shepherds, kings, advise;<\/p>\n
Lead me to my Master\u2019s manger,<\/p>\n
Show me where my Savior lies.<\/p>\n
O most mighty, O most holy,<\/p>\n
Far beyond the seraph\u2019s thought,<\/p>\n
Art thou then so mean and lowly<\/p>\n
As unheeded prophets taught?<\/p>\n
O the magnitude of meekness,<\/p>\n
Worth from worth immortal sprang,<\/p>\n
O the strength of infant weakness,<\/p>\n
If eternal is so young.<\/p>\n
God all-bounteous, all creative,<\/p>\n
Whom no ills from good dissuade,<\/p>\n
Is incarnate, and a native<\/p>\n
Of the very world he made.<\/p>\n
Christopher Smart<\/i><\/p>\n
The birth of Jesus is the sunrise in the Bible.<\/p>\n
Henry Van Dyke<\/i><\/p>\n
The King of glory sends his Son,<\/p>\n
To make his entrance on this earth;<\/p>\n
Behold the midnight bright as noon,<\/p>\n
And heav\u2019nly hosts declare his birth!<\/p>\n
About the young Redeemer\u2019s head,<\/p>\n
What wonders, and what glories meet!<\/p>\n
An unknown star arose, and led<\/p>\n
The eastern sages to his feet.<\/p>\n
Simeon and Anna both conspire<\/p>\n
The infant Savior to proclaim<\/p>\n
Inward they felt the sacred fire,<\/p>\n
And bless\u2019d the babe, and own\u2019d his name.<\/p>\n
Let pagan hordes blaspheme aloud,<\/p>\n
And treat the holy child with scorn;<\/p>\n
Our souls adore th\u2019 eternal God<\/p>\n
Who condescended to be born.<\/p>\n
Isaac Watts<\/i><\/p>\n
To perceive Christmas through its wrapping becomes more difficult every year.<\/p>\n
E.B. White<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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