***Go and Tell of a King***

Where do you like to worship? Some prefer large cathedrals , others a simple chapel. But would anyone's first choice be a stable? Yet, after hearing the message of the angels, the shepherds' first response was to find the stable where Mary had given birth to the Savior.
To me, this only confirms that our God is the God of the unexpected. And few things could be more unexpected than the King of Heaven being born in a stable. (Luke 2:15-16)
I've often heard people use this expression,"You are not defined by what happens to you, but by how you respond to what happens to you." This is true, I suspect, in areas of life both good and bad, both joyful and painful,both exciting and terrifying. How we respond measures us in ways that words fail to express.
The shepherds response was, first, to worship, and second, to tell what they had seen.(Luke 2:17-18)
This is true worship---to kneel before the Christ so that you are then able to stand before others and proclaim His glory and salvation...
To think that all this burst forth from a worship experience in a most unlikely place , on a most unlikely night,involving some most unlikely men.(Luke 2:20)
Two thousand years later, we continue to celebrate the Lamb,and we join the shepherds who were the first to do so...

May God Bless You All as we Worship our Savior at this time of the year.
Paul P