Christmastime brings back an experience that the pastor told us about with our congregation. He told us about a Christmas celebration that his son was around the age of kindergarten.
The family members attended a variety of gatherings during the Christmas season. They were then scheduled to enjoy Christmas with their families at the home of his aunt. Eric has evidently seen the festively wrapped gifts beneath the tree decorated.
He realised that, before opening the gifts, he was going to be listening to the well-known Bible passage on Christ’s birth. Christ. The passage was too much for him. could take. In the language of a child, he said in an exasperated voice, “I’ve ‘hurd’ it it’s ‘hurd’ it but I’ve also ‘hurd’ this and I do not need to be hearing it further.” There’s an opportunity for us all to learn from the observation.
Every year, we are told the Christmas story, and it becomes so commonplace that we forget the wonder of the amazing baby Jesus Christ Child We may forget the significance of the holiday.
Scottish historical writer Thomas Carlyle once said, “Wonder is the foundation of the worship.” Shepherds who were in the fields watching over their flocks in the evening rushed to the manger to meet Jesus Christ then returned, to praise and glorify God for all they’d observed and heard.
As per the saint Thomas Aquinas, “Wonder is the desire to learn.” It was said that the wisemen of the East traversed miles for nearly two years – to locate Jesus Christ, the King Christ Child – and worship Him.
They walked with the “star of wonder and night star, one with royal beauty shining in the west, still going,” guided by its flawless luminosity. One of my friends once said “To travel toward Bethlehem is to maintain a connection with wonder, to respond to the wisdom call and to bow in reverence.”
Wonder can be described as the feeling of being overwhelmed by the unexpected or being amazed to discover something, or even a significant occasion. “The arrival of Christ into the world is the most amazing historical event of humankind,” writes English journalist Malcolm Muggeridge.
The marvel of marvels can be seen in that God was created by God in the human form and revealing Himself in form of a man (He) humbled Hisself and obediently accepted death, even death on the crucified cross” (Philippians 2:8). Jesus Christ was born to die for us to be saved ourselves from the sins of our past. One Christmas carol says, “I wonder as I walk through the night skies how Jesus Christ came to die for vulnerable (ordinary) people just like me and you; It is a question I ask myself as I walk across the skies.”
Seven hundred years prior to Christ’s birth The prophet Isaiah predicted, “For unto us a child is born; unto us a son is born and the government will be upon his shoulders,” and this child will be referred to as “Wonderful” (Isaiah 9:6). Christ makes Christmas a joyous event.
Don’t forget the magic of Christmas! You will be able to experience a wonderful Christmas season!
-” Jan White has compiled a collection of her columnists in her book “Everyday Faith for Daily Life.”
The article COLUMN: Enjoy a magical Christmas was first published at The Andalusia Star-News.
