Joy to the world! The
Lord is come: let earth receive her king;
Let every heart
prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing.
With “Joy to the world” in our hearts and minds, I invite
you to join me in looking each of these twelve days for instances of the joy
that runs through all of creation, especially through experiencing the beauty
and wonder of God’s world.
Our little corner of the world was very cold today. Last
night we listened to the wind whistle and saw a couple of big Christmas ball
decorations roll down the street, pushed by the wind. By morning, the wind was
less fierce, but the temperature was still in the single digits with a fairly
good wind chill effect still going on. But along with the cold came another
clear blue sky. Even though the low-angled winter sun doesn’t do a lot to
actually raise the temperature, it helped some and it certainly made everything
seem warmer and brighter.
Especially on this Sunday where our Gospel lesson talked
about the light shining in the darkness, sunbeams represent the joy in
creation.
Joy to the world! The
Savior reigns; let us our songs employ, while fields and floods, rocks, hills,
and plains, repeat the sounding joy.
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