I’m taking a break from our adoption story this week to wish you
all a Merry Christmas!
During the Christmas season, my family had a few traditions that
we have started now with our new children! At dinner time each night we light
the advent candles, sing a Christmas carol, pick a Christmas card we’ve
received and pray for the person that sent it to us. James and Sarah love to
participate by praying themselves for the person, trying to sing along to the
carol, or blowing out the candles at the end of dinner.
One of the kids’ favorite carols is “Go, Tell It on the
Mountain,” probably because it’s upbeat, has a catchy chorus and I added hand
motions to it. The message of the carol is great for us all to focus on or sing
in our heads throughout the day!
Chorus:
Go, tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born
Verses:
While shepherds kept their watching
Oe’r silent flocks by night
Behold throughout the heavens
There shone a holy light
Oe’r silent flocks by night
Behold throughout the heavens
There shone a holy light
The shepherds feared and trembled
When lo! above the earth
Rang out the angel chorus
That hailed our Savior's birth
When lo! above the earth
Rang out the angel chorus
That hailed our Savior's birth
Down in a lowly manger
Our humble Christ was born
And God sent us salvation
That blessed Christmas morn
John 10:14-18 14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know
me— 15 just
as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the
sheep. 16 I
have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They
too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.
17 The reason my Father
loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but
I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority
to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”
Who will you and I share the message of Christmas with this week
who isn’t already part of God’s sheep pen? The Savior of the world left His
secure home with God to experience all the pain of this world. He then willingly
died on the cross and rose from the dead to provide salvation to those who
believe!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Alice