Joy to the World

Joy to the world, the Lord is come.  Let earth receive her King!  Let every heart, prepare Him room . . . and heaven, and nature, sing.

I heard a woman say recently that in Jewish culture, they tend to celebrate the day of your conception, not the day of your birth, because life begins at conception.  Now, Jesus was probably not born on December 25 - in fact, most historians think He was born in September.  Which would make the day of His conception . . . in December.  We celebrate the time when the Holy Spirit breathed new life into Mary, and Jesus was created.

True joy, true love, true freedom came into the world 2,000 years ago, in a pile of straw in a cave.  Who would have thought that this would be how mankind would be redeemed.  And why?

You know the answer - love.  Love is the how.  Love is the why.

Merry Christmas.