Emotions – Something to be happy about

Our All Age Christmas Service on 21st December 2014, entitled “Something to be happy about”, looked at our different emotions and we then thought about the varying emotions that the people involved in the first Christmas had, as told in the Nativity account (Luke chapters 1, 2 and Matthew chapters 1, 2) – Real people, real events relevant to us today.

We, along with billions of others around the world, celebrate Christmas because of the birth of a special child 2000 years ago, Jesus, which is the happiest news ever.    The angels told the Shepherds:  “I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:10-11)

So said the angel to the shepherds – God Himself born into our world to be our Saviour, to bring us the forgiveness and peace with God that we so desperately need.

 Now that is the source of “great joy”