We joined together in
church, this Christmas morning, to celebrate this anniversary of Christ’s
coming to Earth for us, at Bethlehem.
There was much joyful
festivity as people recounted the gifts they had received – and the time they
had got out of bed this morning to find them ! But, using the illustration of a wrapped Toblerone,
Steve explained how, even if it wasn’t exciting unwrapping a Toblerone, because the content is obvious, the
content was still valuable. The Jews had not been looking for a Messiah in a humble stable, but God's gift of Jesus to us is unmeasurable – the gift not just of the baby in the
stable, but the one who died for us at Calvary.
As our season of Christmas
services comes to an end, may we wish everyone a very happy Christmas and the joy and peace that the Christ child brings.
