He’s Been There

Christmas has come and gone, yet the most beautiful truth in the universe still rings through the darkness: God Has Come!  In our darkness and in our trouble, God has come to share our lives and to show us love.  How do we know?  He’s Been There.  Angels whispered, God Is in the Manger, then proclaimed Good News to the shepherds as they sang, glory hallelujahs.  God has come to share our vulnerability and weaknesses as a tiny baby in a manger, born to parents of lowly estate by the most remarkable miracle and the most humble and trusting of women, Mary.  God has come.  The message through the angels to the shepherds so long ago, tending their flocks on an ordinary night that became so extraordinary.  Songs of angels.   The excitement of shepherds.  God has come!  The message still shines as radiant as it first shown from a guiding star, as the world God created burst forth with light.  God has come.  Magi in wonderment whispered as the traveled from afar.  God has come.  To all who have wondered, ‘Does God care?’  To all who will listen,  God loves us, for God has come!  To all, let us kneel, let us treasure this blessed gift—God has come.  Let us open our hearts.  Let us sing with the angels.  Let us offer our gifts of time, treasure, and talents.   God has come.  Then let us like shepherds return with rejoicing.  Let us like magi, proclaim to the nations.  It is true, for the ages.  God Has Come.  God Has Come.
 
(verse of the week)
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only son, full of grace and truth (John 1:14).
 
Let this news guide your new year like a shining star!
 
Wishing you a great new year!—Pastor TJ
 
Listen to recent sermons by Dr. TJ Jenney YouTube & YouTube
Podcast on Spotify: Inspire Messages