Merry Christmas to you all from our family to yours, and may you be blessed throughout this Christmas Season and beyond.
May the gift of our Saviour be yours and may you share this gift with those you reach in everyday life.
"In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census
should be taken of the entire Roman world.
(This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius
was governor of Syria.)
And everyone went to their own town to register.
So Joseph also went
up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of
David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be
married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the
baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in
cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available
for them.
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby,
keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to
them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid.
I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been
born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a
baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
Suddenly a great
company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
“Glory to God in the
highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favour rests.”
When the angels had
left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to
Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us
about.”
So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby,
who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word
concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were
amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and
pondered them in her heart. The
shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had
heard and seen, which were just as they
had been told. Luke" 2:1-20
Blessings to you and your homes,
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