Monday Quote

This might be the last Monday Quote for the year.  Jenn and I are heading to Indiana on Thursday for about a week, but who knows Christmas Eve might be a good time for a quote. 

Well I’m going to keep with the Christmas Carol theme today.  Silent Night is a favorite carol for many and probably not many church Christmas themed events past with out singing it at least once.  It was written as a poem in 1816 by an Austrian (“hey mate put another shrimp on the barbie”, Dumb and Dumber, two for one quote today) priest, Joseph Mohr.   

Today’s quote will just focus on the last two lines of the third verse:

“Jesus, Lord, at thy birth. Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.”

Jesus was in fact Lord as he laid in the manger, but the truth is he was Lord before he laid in the manger, he was Lord when he was on the cross, and he is Lord today.  Today the challenge is to examine your life and ask, “is there any area in which I do not all him to be Lord.” 

Merry Christmas

Matt

Monday Quote

Well it is only Dec. 2 and I have been reminded a least once a day that “every kiss begins with Kay.”  How many years have they been running those commercial?  I have also been reminded that if your going to get a Lexus for your loved one that you can’t forget the big red bow on top.  Since it seems that Christmas it just around the corner, although it still seems months away to me, I figured we would turn to the lyrics of a popular carol. 

“Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee to-night.”                                        

                                           Phillip Brooks

Isn’t it great to know that all of our hopes and all of fears are met in the person of Jesus Christ.  When anxiety and worry overwhelms you, remember your hopes and fears have been met in Jesus Christ and you only need to  love him, seek him, and follow him. 

Matt