C is for the CHRISTCHILD ~ Born upon this Day
H for Herald Angels ~ in the Night ...........
CHRISTMAS is a TIME to remember
HOW & WHEN the Son of God came to EARTH !
REMEMBER the Christmas Story in the Gospels
INFANT ~ Born of a Virgin ~ in a Stable !
SHEPHERDS came and WORSHIPPED HIM !
Then WISE MEN from the EAST
MARY understood the significance of these
Amazing Events ~ The Angels and the Gifts*
SHE praised GOD that She had been chosen
SON of GOD ~ to bear and care for ~ AMEN
Tinsel ~ Holly ~ Mistletoe ~ Trees
I know (from 35 years experience) these all
Make CHRISTMAS ~ BUT ~ The Message is ~ GOD's
Eternal Son ~ JESUS ~ Coming to redeem ALL OF US !
Thanks for visit ~ Please comment ~ Love BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡
The UNITED KINGDOM of Great Britain has a great
Spiritual Heritage ! We have many MARTYRS and
have sent Christian Missionaries to the Four Corners
of Planet Earth ! 66% of UK Citizens still believe in
A GOD (Spiritual Power) ~ OK ! However Christmas
is becoming more & more Secular ! Christmas cards
are no longer Spiritual ~ and even the dreaded Happy
Holiday & Cool Yule are creeping in and People joke
"If it had been THREE WISE WOMEN ~ The would have
brought ~ Disposable Nappies ~ Babygrows and a
Buggy able to fit in the Boot (Trunk) of a Chariot !"
They miss the significance of the GIFTS ~ GOLD His
Sovereignty ~ FRANKINCENSE His Divinity ~ MYRRH
His Suffering on the Cross for our Redemption.
It is also reflected in our CHRISTMAS STAMPS which
are SECULAR (an oxymoron) in the EVEN YEARS (2018)
Postal Boxes ! ~ and SPIRITUAL on the ODD YEARS !
Most people in the UK seem to embrace ~ The Joy ~
The Fun ~ Presents ~ Parties & Pastries but to sideline
the Spiritual Significance ! The Churches pull ot all the
stops ! Christingles ~ Candle lit Carol Services and
Support for the Homeless & Vunerable. Please support
all your local Churches ~ Sally Army & YMCA @ this
CHRISTMAS TIME ! Love to all BRIAN & ANGELA🧡🧡🧡🧡
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At 66% this leaves 34% not believing which is some increase. Anyway this aside a fine write Brian.
Thanks MICHAEL for your apt comment ! I guess 150 years ago it would been higher (compulsory even under Queen Vic !) To show I am not completely MEDIEVAL I have added a Contemporary Nativity Scene ~ please check. Our Humanist Friends (we do have some !) always know how to enjoy themselves @ Christmas and they are very Charitable towards the YMCA & Salvation Army etc. Love Peace & Joy @ Christmas
BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡
A most generous reply - thanks so much Brian.
Yes, all arecapable of doing good, giving, etc. Sadly some miss the whole point of Christmas though.
I'm gonna fuss over 'Mass' - don't like the word much. I went to a church, but could not join in the small bits they included about prayers to Mary.
At one place someone crossed themselves, and genu-wotsited (genuflected) so much they must have been worn out at the end! You know, the up and down stuff - kneel, stand, sit, kneel,... about 20 times in 5 mins! The poor guy didn't know if he was on foot or horse-back (or horse or foot-back?). doh!
Thanks UNCLE STEVE ~ Pleased you enjoyed it ! Angela was raised a CATHOLIC so all the "Music & Movement" comes naturally to her. We sometimes attend the Catholic Church with her Parents but most weeks (when in Essex) Angela attends the Evangelical Church with me and enjoys the "freedom & flow" of the Worship !
Yours as always BRIAN
Good acrostic . The meaning of Christmas is certainly being lost in the realms of profit making and festive celebrations rather than its true meaning.
We will be having Advent Celebrations, Carol Service and Christingle in our Church but fewer and fewer people are attending the Church nowdays.
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