Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Christians approach Christmas from many different viewpoints. Some make an annual church visit. Some primarily focus on Santa and holiday traditions. Some preach that Jesus is the Reason for the Season. Some view Christmas as an assimilation of pagan traditions and avoid any celebrations. I’m sure that an internet search would reveal lots of other ways that people respond to Christmas but Lutherans experience Christmas from a Theology of the Cross perspective – God is revealed in the last place human beings would reasonable look: in a manger. Why was the King of Kings born in a barn and placed in a dirty food bin? Why was the Son of God born into a life of poverty and oppression? The Incarnate God fully comprehends our darkness and weaknesses. Jesus lived it and overcame it all for us because He loves us! He is the King of Kings and has power to overcome anything in our lives. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 12: 8-9… My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness. So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

So sing “Glory to God in the highest” joyfully because God is with us, Emmanuel. Merry Christmas and God bless us all everyone!