Last Friday night at The Way we held our annual Candlelight Service where we remembered and honored those who have entered the Presence of the LORD ahead of us. It was a quiet time where we were able to grieve and rejoice. We rang a small bell of remembrance and talked a little about our loved ones.
We ended the service with the song, “O Holy Night.” It is one of the most beautiful of the Christmas songs. I especially love the second verse.
“Long lay the world in sin and error pining, ‘Til He appeared And the soul felt It’s worth. A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new And glorious morn…”
Those words, those beautiful words, remind us that when Christ Jesus came as that Babe in a Manger, it assured us of just how much God loved us and just how much we are worth. (Remember, we are not worthy of that love, but we are worth what God was willing to pay for us, the precious life’s blood of His Very Son.)
Knowing that, and allowing that to dig deep into our souls, brings a thrilling hope that cannot be destroyed! No matter how bad this world may get, nothing can destroy that new and glorious morning when God became Immanuel, God with Us.
He is with us in our sorrow and tears. He is with us in our weakness, our hungers and thirsts. He is with us in our dying and with us in our death!
That truly was a Night Divine. And now as we celebrate it, we fall our knees in worship to our Great God who came for His own. O Holy Night!
(773) Bill & Gloria Gaither - O Holy Night (Live) ft. David Phelps - YouTube
