“Each night a child is born is a holy night—
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping.”
—Sophia Lyon Fahs
On this day when Christians celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus, what other child or children do you celebrate as well?
The angels in the Nativity story who call out to the shepherds are beings of glory from on high who must tell the shepherds to “Be not afraid.” But our day to day world is full of much less impressive angels, ordinary people or animals or places who somehow manage to be messengers of the divine, who through their words or actions or simply by their presence bring us “tidings of great joy,” even if the message is as simple as the fact that our coffee is ready.
Who appears as an angel to you, bringing a message of joy?
Many families that celebrate Christmas welcome in the season with an Advent calendar that has a little window that opens on a special picture for each night of the Advent season, or which harbors a small treat to be discovered each day.
How might it change your experience of this season if you looked at each day with the expectation that it was holding some little hidden treat for you?
