We live in this land of "live shooters," where the audible adjective "active shooter" is too often heard. A country in which the hatred of another is grossly common.
"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
Terrorists. Terror. Angry acts of rage perpetrated on the innocent and the all too unsuspecting occur not uncommonly.
"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
Abhorable acts of anger happen regularly. Anger. And hatred. Live amongst us continually.
"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
Abhorable acts of anger happen regularly. Anger. And hatred. Live amongst us continually.
"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
Terror has become terribly too common.
"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
And yet, we have allowed terror in the womb for decades. We have permitted terrorist's entry into what was designed to be the safest space imaginable, and terror descends on the frightfully innocent, and the, yes, very unsuspecting little ones. And this terror - for faith? for ideology? for eschatology? No, we allow terrorism upon the innocent for a dime and convenience.
"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
I too, have lived amidst anger unabated. I have heard the threats, seen the rage, I have cried sleepless nights and worried sick over the impending rage of wrath.
"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
I too, have lived amidst anger unabated. I have heard the threats, seen the rage, I have cried sleepless nights and worried sick over the impending rage of wrath.
"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
I have seen our capacity to hate, I know what happens when men and women are wounded and deceived. It is awfully frightening. We are certainly a diseased race, so prone to hatred.
And yet . . .
This is what He gave a diseased race . .
"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
And this is the whispered song that my spirit simply says,
"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
This Christmas season amongst live shooters, anger unabated and society sick with satisfying self we must choose to hear the multitudes, the heavenly host . . .
"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
I have surely made a muddled mess of this post and and we have done the same to this blessed Christmas season, we have muddled it with our mobs of messes and yet, the multitude of the heavens can never be silenced and these 2,000 years later they tell the same, "Peace on earth, and goodwill to men. And of absolute certainty ~ Glory to God in the highest!"
Do you hear their whispered worship? Does the cacophony of their celestial chorus cause you to pause?
I do pray so.
Luke 2:14
I have surely made a muddled mess of this post and and we have done the same to this blessed Christmas season, we have muddled it with our mobs of messes and yet, the multitude of the heavens can never be silenced and these 2,000 years later they tell the same, "Peace on earth, and goodwill to men. And of absolute certainty ~ Glory to God in the highest!"
Do you hear their whispered worship? Does the cacophony of their celestial chorus cause you to pause?
I do pray so.
Luke 2:14
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