A Christmas Meditation

Pastor Chris Anderson at My Two Cents has posted the words to a wonderful poem called Carol of Joy, written by Eileen Berry. One of the stanzas says,

Oh fallen world, to you is the song—
Death holds you fast and night tarries long.
Jesus is born, your curse to destroy!
Sweet to your ears, a carol of Joy!

This poem is a “beautiful portrayal of human need and divine salvation.” After meditating on the words, you can click on a link Pastor Anderson provides that will allow you to listen to the words sung. As I read the words to the poem and listened to them being sung, I was continually reminded of the words of Scripture introducing our Lord’s preaching ministry in Matthew 4:

Now when Jesus heard that John had been taken into custody, He withdrew into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulon and Naphtali. This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:
“THE LAND OF ZEBULUN AND THE LAND OF NAPHTALI,
BY THE WAY OF THE SEA, BEYOND THE JORDAN, GALILEE OF THE GENTILES—
THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING IN DARKNESS SAW A GREAT LIGHT,
AND THOSE WHO WERE SITTING IN THE LAND AND SHADOW OF DEATH,
UPON THEM A LIGHT DAWNED."

The apostles saw that Light and declare Him to us:

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,

(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)

full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14)

Merry Christmas!

A Christmas Meditation