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Daily Bread

Joy

The Philippine Star

I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.Luke 2:10

 

After Adam and Eve disobeyed God, joy was lost. God expelled them from their garden home to prevent something worse from happening. If they had eaten from the tree of life after eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, they would have lived forever in their misery.

Life outside the garden was not easy. Adam and Eve had to work hard for their food. The reality of death was everywhere, and animals preyed on one another. Even worse, the couple’s firstborn son murdered his younger brother. What could be worse? Sin had pierced their lives, and the couple could not stop joy from draining out.

But God had a plan to restore joy. Joy was lost in the Garden when death came, but joy returned through birth — the birth of God’s own Son. “I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people” (Luke 2:10). Jesus grew up to heal the sick, give sight to the blind, and raise the dead. But this was just a taste of things to come. God entered our world, experienced our sorrow, and conquered death, giving us hope that He will keep His promise to end pain, and eliminate sorrow and death (John 11:25-26; 1 Cor. 15:3-4; Rev. 21:4). No wonder Christmas is the season of joy!                    — Julie Ackerman Link

 

Have you felt the joy of the shepherds,

Who were first to behold the sight

Of that holy Child of Mary,

On that wonderful Christmas night?                                                                                    — Brill

 

READ: Luke 2:8-12

 

The joy of Christmas is Jesus.

The Bible in one year:

• Hebrews 8-10

 

vuukle comment

ADAM AND EVE

AFTER ADAM AND EVE

BUT GOD

CHILD OF MARY

CHRISTMAS

DEATH

GOD

JOY

JULIE ACKERMAN LINK

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