THE NATIVITY

Stars sparkling like tiny diamonds against a black velvet sky.
Shepards guarded their charges of wooly sheep as usual.
Suddenly they noticed an unusually bright star in the eastern sky.
An angel appeared to them.
"Fear not for unto you is born a King," the angel told them.
"Follow the star to Bethlehem where you'll find Him in a stable."

The shepherds heeded the angel's direction. They gathered their sheep and followed the Star.
In a lowly stable in Bethlehem they found the newborn King in a manger being tended to by His mother Mary and father Joseph.

The manger is filled with sweet fresh hay and the Baby is wrapped in swaddling clothes.
The Star they followed beamed down radiant light on the Baby.
An angel stood in reverence nearby.
The cattle, donkeys and sheep laid down and were quiet.

The sheperds bowed before their King, as angels on high sang, "Glory to God in the Highest."

This Christmas Eve or Christmas morning, as you attend church services or take a few minutes in the hustle and bustle. Stop and reflect on that moment the angel appeared to the shepherds. How frightened they must have been. Would you have been startled if it had happened to you?

The shepherds obeyed the angel and worshipped their new King.
He can be your King too. Just invite Him into your heart. Then you will celebrate Christmas in your heart everyday.

When you hear the Christmas carols, "Away In a Manger", "Silent Night", "O' Little Town of Bethlehem" being sung they will take on a new meaning for you.

God Bless each and everyone of you.

MERRY CHRISTMAS