There will be lots of children this Christmas Eve who will be trying to stay awake and watching to see Santa when he arrives. 😊
How about you and me? What are we watching for? Are we like the shepherds, so busy watching over our responsibilities (their sheep), watching over the arrangements for Christmas, possibly all watching TV at some point, that we maybe forget to watch for Jesus to join us in our festivities. I know it's happened to me before.
We're told that the shepherds had quite a fright when their heavenly visitors lit up the night sky. The angels made such an impact on them that they believed their message and left everything to rush into town to find the newborn King. (Luke 3:16) And they made haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger.)
At some point in all the celebrations let's try to follow the shepherds' example, leave everything to one side for a few minutes, and go and spend some time with Jesus. He still wants to be Emmanuel, God with us, as we eat our Christmas dinner or play our games or whatever we all plan to do, He's there with us. Let's find Jesus in it all.😊
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