Candle Light
Next Sunday is our annual candle light service. I am looking forward to this. There is something so beautiful, peaceful and awesome about a group of people together only lit by candles and singing Christmas carols. Somehow it sounds better and at times I feel almost transported through time, back to past Christmas or pondering how those who were there at the stable thought and felt. What was going on in their minds during that time? I think about the sights and smells (including the stinky animals). I wonder what that star looked like in the sky that was so bright it brought men from the east. I wonder what the shepherds saw when those angels appeared and the thoughts going through their heads as they first looked into that manger. I wonder about Mary, this young woman who had carried this child for 9 months, traveled so far and then exhausted from the birth. As she looked into the face of her baby, did she understand that this was God’s son? That He would grow up to be the Saviour of the world? Her saviour? I wonder about Joseph, he was in love with this young woman who was not carrying his child, but he had been told this child was God’s and he was obedient. He was about to embark on an adventure of being the parent who would raise this child. Was he thinking about the future? Was he worried if he would be a good father? I think one of my favorite carols has become “Mary Did You Know?” It kind of sums up what I ponder as I stand with candle in hand singing…...— Kareen
Sun, Dec 12
— Carolanne · Wed, Dec 15th , 2004 · 6:53am · §