Light four candles to watch for Messiah;
let the light banish darkness.
He is coming, tell the glad tidings.
Let your lights be shining!
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let the light banish darkness.
He is coming, tell the glad tidings.
Let your lights be shining!
(reprinted under OneLicense.net license # A700392)
Let your lights be shining!
Sunday was the fourth Sunday in Advent….all the candles are lit on the Advent wreath and we light up the dark night sky in hopes of seeing the Messiah’s arrival. Won’t we be surprised to find him in a manger, robed in the flesh of an infant, dependant upon a virgin mother and carpenter step-father!
Imagine the surprise of the shepherds and the Magi who traveled to see the newborn King and Messiah.
Imagine what Jesus must have felt - God immortal made mortal, God omnipotent made dependent, God of healing suffering the pains of childbirth, God of abundance suffering the pangs of hunger, God of love separated from the King of Love by the sins of human disobedience, God of wisdom confined to the young mind of an infant in a race of people with minds limited to the scope of their experience.
What an awesome God we have to have taken on our frailty so that we can know, that he knows our suffering, worries, joys and sorrows. In a humble manger, in a tiny stable, in a little town called Bethlehem, the Light of the World burst forth into our lives…let the light banish darkness. Now it’s up to us to tell the Good News….let your lights be shining!
Join us for Christmas Eve worship:
4:00 pm - Children’s Service (26 minutes)
8:30 & 10:30 pm – Traditional Candlelight Service of Holy Communion
St. Andrew Lutheran Church
335 Reynolds Ave., Parsippany, NJ 07054
(973) 887-6713
Directions: http://www.elcaandy.org/directions.asp
Sunday was the fourth Sunday in Advent….all the candles are lit on the Advent wreath and we light up the dark night sky in hopes of seeing the Messiah’s arrival. Won’t we be surprised to find him in a manger, robed in the flesh of an infant, dependant upon a virgin mother and carpenter step-father!
Imagine the surprise of the shepherds and the Magi who traveled to see the newborn King and Messiah.
Imagine what Jesus must have felt - God immortal made mortal, God omnipotent made dependent, God of healing suffering the pains of childbirth, God of abundance suffering the pangs of hunger, God of love separated from the King of Love by the sins of human disobedience, God of wisdom confined to the young mind of an infant in a race of people with minds limited to the scope of their experience.
What an awesome God we have to have taken on our frailty so that we can know, that he knows our suffering, worries, joys and sorrows. In a humble manger, in a tiny stable, in a little town called Bethlehem, the Light of the World burst forth into our lives…let the light banish darkness. Now it’s up to us to tell the Good News….let your lights be shining!
Join us for Christmas Eve worship:
4:00 pm - Children’s Service (26 minutes)
8:30 & 10:30 pm – Traditional Candlelight Service of Holy Communion
St. Andrew Lutheran Church
335 Reynolds Ave., Parsippany, NJ 07054
(973) 887-6713
Directions: http://www.elcaandy.org/directions.asp
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