Week 3

Joy

December 16
 

I am bringing you good tidings of great joy for all the people!

To you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.

Luke 2:10-11

 

Something to talk about:

I wonder what makes you smile? I wonder if you have ever had some great news to share? What was the news? Who did you tell?

What excitement there must have been in heaven when the news was shared! He has been born! The angels must have been bursting to tell! And so they all went to tell… the king? No. The queen? No.  They told the good news to shepherds, waiting under the starry skies, tending their sheep.  To shepherds, who might have been cold, and lonely, who might have been huddled around a fire singing songs, telling stories.  To shepherds who must have been awfully surprized to be visited by angels.  To shepherds who were ready, to get up and go see what the angels had told them.
Something to do:
Someone is waiting to hear the good news that Jesus has been born, that God is with them.  Who will you tell?

Dear God,
Help us to hear the good news with fresh ears, with the ears of shepherds.  As we hear the story again this year, fill us with joy! Show us someone who needs to hear the good news and help us to tell it.
Amen.