Good News Of Christmas (Pack Of 25), The

The Good News of ChristmasAnd the angel said to the Shepherds, ?Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.? (Luke 2:10-12) Familiar verses, aren?t they? So familiar, in fact, that it is easy to miss just how remarkable they are?Fear not?I bring you good news?A Savior is born?He?s lying in a manger? The birth of Jesus is not the way we would have planned it. No person, however poor, should have to be born in a stable. No delivery room, no doctor. Hay on the floor, animals all around. And the smell! The mess! This is no place for a royal birth. But God sees things differently. He chose a manger over a mansion. He picked a carpenter over a king. He designed a quiet coming over a worldwide celebration. Why would God the Creator of heaven and earth, send his Son to be born in such a lowly place? Perhaps Jesus, the only Son of God, was born in a stable to give hop

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