So the shepherds went quickly and found Mary and Joseph and the baby, who was lying in a feeding trough. When they had seen him, they told what the angels had said about this child. Everyone was amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured these things and continued to think about them. Then the shepherds went back to their sheep, praising God and thanking him for everything they had seen and heard. It had been just as the angel had told them.
When the baby was eight days old, he was circumcised and was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before the baby began to grow inside Mary. Luke 2: 16-21 NCV
Everyone’s amazed: it’s all true! The shepherds praised: it’s all true! But Mary treasured it quietly, all the truth.
We, who have known the story so long and so well, how do we respond? Because it’s all true. And it is all ours! Merry Christmas!
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So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh, come, peasant, king, to own him.
The King of kings salvation brings, let loving hearts enthrone him.
Raise, raise a song on high, the virgin sings her lullaby;
Joy, joy for Christ is born, the babe, the Son of Mary.
