OzThoughts Thursday 10th December 2009

OzThoughts Thursday 10th December 2009

“Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” (Luke 2 :15b KJV)

I was about 13 when television came to our city. I was 14 when it came to our home. I am a child of radio and 78rpm records. By that, I mean Salvation Army band and songster records.

One record we had was different and has etched itself very well into my mind. It was a record and a picture book called “The First Christmas”. The narration, of course, was on the record, and at the ding of a bell, the page of the book needed to be turned. I loved to have my turn to flip the pages on the bell. We listened very carefully for the bell, and it was not long before we had memorised where the bell would sound. We often began to turn the page just before the bell sounded. The rest of the family would cry out “wait!”

We not only learnt when the bell would ring but we also learnt the narration. I can still here it as Luke 2 from the King James Version is read.

I can still hear the narrator telling of the shepherds deciding to go to Bethlehem. Their fear, if they had any, had given way to anticipation and joy. They hurried to Bethlehem to see, to know and to stand in awe before the baby.

This was not just any baby, this was “a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.”

My prayer is that we might have that same joyful expectation which becomes awe and worship as we see the baby who is our Saviour Christ the Lord.

PRAYER:

Father, show Jesus to us in a real and wonderful way today. Help us to show real joy as we love and live for you. Amen.

[Listen: Congregational Song: http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music3/mus_4238.mp3
or: Band: http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music/mus_3451.mp3 ]

Jesus, the very thought of thee
With sweetness fills my breast;
But sweeter far thy face to see,
And in thy presence rest.

Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame,
Nor can the memory find
A sweeter sound than thy blest name,
O Saviour of mankind.

O hope of every contrite heart!
O joy of all the meek!
To those who fall, how kind thou art,
How good to those who seek!

But what to those who find? ah! this
Nor tongue nor pen can show;
The love of Jesus, what it is
None but his loved ones know.

Jesus, our only joy be thou,
As thou our prize wilt be;
Jesus, be thou our glory now,
And through eternity.
Authors: Attributed to: Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153),
Translated: Edward Caswall (1814-78)
The Salvation Army Song Book: Song Number: 61

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