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.. title: Unto us a child is born!
.. slug: 2010/12/25/unto-us-a-child-is-born
.. date: 2010-12-25 18:12:20 UTC
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.. description:
From all of us OpenLP folks, we would like to wish everyone a blessed
Christmas. We pray that your day is (or has been) filled with joy,
happiness, and reflection on His birth and His message. Let's not get
carried away by the presents and the food and the celebrations, but take
time to think about the "reason for the season".
About that time Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken
throughout the Empire. This was the first census when Quirinius was
governor of Syria. Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral
hometown to be accounted for. So Joseph went from the Galilean town
of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David's town, for the census.
As a descendant of David, he had to go there. He went with Mary, his
fiancée, who was pregnant.
While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. She gave
birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid
him in a manger, because there was no room in the hostel.
There were sheepherders camping in the neighborhood. They had set
night watches over their sheep. Suddenly, God's angel stood among
them and God's glory blazed around them. They were terrified. The
angel said, "Don't be afraid. I'm here to announce a great and
joyful event that is meant for everybody, worldwide: A Savior has
just been born in David's town, a Savior who is Messiah and Master.
This is what you're to look for: a baby wrapped in a blanket and
lying in a manger."
At once the angel was joined by a huge angelic choir singing God's
praises:
*Glory to God in the heavenly heights,
Peace to all men and women on earth who please him.*
As the angel choir withdrew into heaven, the sheepherders talked it
over. "Let's get over to Bethlehem as fast as we can and see for
ourselves what God has revealed to us." They left, running, and
found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. Seeing was
believing. They told everyone they met what the angels had said
about this child. All who heard the sheepherders were impressed.
Mary kept all these things to herself, holding them dear, deep
within herself. The sheepherders returned and let loose, glorifying
and praising God for everything they had heard and seen. It turned
out exactly the way they'd been told!
Luke 1:1-20 (The Message)