"Yea, Lord, we greet Thee
Born this happy morning;
Jesus, to Thee be all glory given;
Word of the Father,
now in flesh appearing.
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord!
Hey everyone. Sorry I didn't get to knock out a post last night; but things are very busy [in a good way:) Anyways here I am now. Okay, the lines above are the words to the second verse of the well-known Christmas hymn, "O Come, All Ye Faithful". After the greeting of the verse, it says, "Jesus, to Thee be all glory given;". So this seems to lay out the idea that Jesus is [of course] worthy of all glory. I think that we all believe that, but what struck me was the next statement in this song. "Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing." Jesus was God's Word that had been promised centuries ago. The fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham and Sarah, the True King of Israel, the "Savior, who is Christ the Lord". This promise had been in the hearts of the nation of Israel for years and now, in the strangest and most wonderful of ways, it had been fulfilled. Who could have ever guessed that the King of Kings would make His "royal debut" in a small-town shed? Jesus is the "Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing"! We call the birth of Jesus the Incarnation- God in human form. It follows that he is also the incarnation or missing piece, or outcome, or whatever you want to call it, of the holy promise of God to send a Savior to His people. Our God is the definition of "Faithful". He never once "re-considered" or "thought better of" His promised plan. No. It was His Joy, His favorite thing to do, to come and rescue us from the pit we had jumped into. This Advent, may we remember this; and just as a Christmas dinner brings together family, as a pile of presents around a tree bring children with eyes full of excitement and expectant wonder, I pray that the manger would irresistibly draw our hearts, minds, and thoughts to the Wonder that it holds.
"O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord!"
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Wonderful, Leinad!!!
ReplyDeleteVery good, and I like that Christmas Carol very much! See you tomorrow
Lucy
Hello! I would just like to say thank you one more time for having us last night. We had a wonderful time. Y'all did a wonderful job with everything, the food was delicious, the house was well decorated, and the ceremony was great. I will try to post my footage on my blog as soon as I can(even though y'all won't be able to watch it till you get to somewhere with fast internet). Once again, thank you.
ReplyDeleteOliver
I must say Daniel,
ReplyDeleteYou were great at speaking, and playing guitar in front of all those people!
Very good post Daniel! I am so glad Christ came to die for a sinner such as myself! To God be the glory! By the way, Thank you so much for inviting us to your graduation! It was really fun to meet some new people. :)
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So, I finally got to read the Advent posts. It's been long overdue! I've really enjoyed them. I would like to discuss further, but I'd rather do that in person next time I see you.
ReplyDeleteHey Joanna... I CAN SMELL YOU!!!!
ReplyDelete( I couldn't help it!;)
Very good post, and I like that song.
ReplyDeleteAlso, thank you very much for inviting us to your graduation. :)
Shaina
a\k\a Susan
Hi Ozee Girls!
ReplyDeleteWe met you at Daniel's Graduation and then at church the next day. Could we pretty please with sugar on top have an invitation to your blog?:):)
-Morgan, Katie and Maddie
Hey everybody! Sorry I've been lacking in the post department! I think I should be able to do a nice chunk tomorrow. Have a great night!
ReplyDeleteKatie, Wow! You must be pretty talented to be able to smell me through the computer! lol You are silly girl! I hope I smell good! See ya later
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