Bible Passage: The Advent Story – Luke and Matthew
Lesson:
This Moment is the fourth of four.
When the baby Jesus was born, a lot of people knew he was special somehow. Yet, most of the world at that time just thought of him as another baby – a gurgling, poopy, drooling little baby. No one knew that he would go on to be the greatest known person in the history of the world. Even as he was growing up, he seemed special but not to the extreme that he would change the world for the better if people truly followed his way.
When each one of you was born, a lot of people knew you were special somehow. Yet, most of the world at that time just thought of you as another baby – a gurgling, poopy, drooling little baby.
But each one of you has the chance to change the world for the better. If you walk in the light of Jesus and show others that you love God with all your heart, body, mind and strength; that you love your neighbor and that you love your enemy, then like the baby Jesus who came before us, you could change the world for the better. And if not the whole world, then the world in which you live. And wouldn’t that be a terrific start?
Let’s say a prayer. Let’s say thank you to God sending us a child, not unlike ourselves, who is blessed with the knowledge of peace and love. May we take those lessons and apply them to our lives in everything we say and everything we do. Merry, Merry Christmas.