We do things differently at Christmas time. …. We interrupt the ordinary rhythm of life to make room for something holy. We make room for remembering, for giving, for forgiveness, for hope, for love. We make room for Jesus. Just like those first witnesses when he was born. The first Christmas was an interruption that made room for something more, something better. If you could choose to have been there that night I wonder who you would choose to be. Would you be the tender Joseph who approached the night with quiet care? Would you be the gentle mother who pondered the things of holiness in her heart? Would you be the humble shepherds and run with the sound of good news or the wise men from the East journeying far to worship. Each of them experienced the first Christmas differently and their stories remind us that anyone may serve as a witness, …. We can all add our voices, just like that first choir of angels did. Perhaps you would choose to be one of them. … Together they sang the song that still echoes through hearts today, a song inspired by a gift. And Christmas is a time of gifts. ….
What makes Christmas so special is it was the giving the most unobtainable gift of all, the gift of a baby boy who’d offer his life for all of us. … Sent straight from heaven, wrapped in swaddling clothes on that first Christmas… . May we all acknowledge and share our witness of the greatest gift the world has ever received and may that gift interrupt our lives and lead us to live differently.
David Butler in closing remarks for “Witnesses of Christ”
(starts about minute 43)
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