A LIGHT bright enough to provide warmth
[9] The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. [10] He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. [11] He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. [12] But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, [13] who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. | John 1.9-13
In order to experience the anticipation of Jesus coming, we have to know the LOVE He has for us. Without the love of God, the things that we go through in this life are unbearable: they have no purpose and they are out of God’s control. His love shows us that all that is happening is for redemption; all things work together for good. As we prepare for the light to enter into the world, we look at our how His love is revealed through Jesus.
Think about how God chose to show His love. What, to you, is the most overwhelming aspect of God’s love?
KID’S STORY |
After the lightlings left, the King began to remove His light from the garden. It soon became cold and covered with weeds, thorns, and sticky briars. The lightlings moved further and further into the woods, until they lived in a place that was almost completely covered in darkness. It was so dark, they had to grope around as if they were blind, feeling their way through the forest. Often they would trip and fall, scuffing their knees and bruising themselves. It was awful living in the dreadful darkness all the time, where the only light they ever saw was in barely lit shadows that danced in the forest. In fact, they couldn’t tell the difference anymore between night and day.
SONG | O Come, O Come Emmanuel (song sheets)