Passage: Revelation
4:8 “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, the Almighty, who was, who is, and who is
coming. ”
I
had wanted to go to New York City for several years with Heather and Kara so
for my sixtieth birthday-I got my wish!
The trip was everything I had hoped for and more. It was an amazing trip filled with great food
and wonderful memories. The weather was
perfect and the travel was smooth.
New
York City is a fascinating place. So
many millions of people live and more work on the tiny island of
Manhattan. Every inch of space is used
and coveted. So much of our nation’s and
our world’s news has a genesis in NYC.
It is not a place that ‘what happens here stays here’ but rather ‘what
happens there affects the whole world’.
As
the girls and I visited the sight of the 911 Memorial, I was struck with the
quiet somberness of the area still after 15 years. That event literally shook the world and has
shaken our world ever since. Thousands
visit the site each day to remember with respect the power of the event.
While
the 911 event was a pivotal event in our lives, there was an event much more
impactful that struck our planet thousands of years earlier. It did not come to us because of hate and
evil but because of love and goodness, mercy and compassion. “For unto you is born this day in the city of
David, a Savior that is Christ the LORD.”
(Luke 2:11) Jesus was born in a quiet, lonely place with few visitors to
greet Mary and Joseph. The Savior of the
world had been born in a busy, bustling city (Bethlehem like New York on a
smaller scale) and it seemed to go unnoticed. Yet ‘what happened there could
not stay there’ and now in 2015 we are still telling His story and celebrating
His birth!
There
will be events that continue to rock and shake our world but one thing we can
be assured of- the story that began in the manger of Bethlehem will continue
with a shout from the heavens. This time
His coming will not go un-noticed !
How can you make
Christmas more about Jesus and less about the world?
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