The winter holiday season can easily become one of the most stressed-filled, chaotic times of the year. We have parties and gift exchanges and travel plans and holiday traditions that can quickly create a sense of anxiety and pressure. Add to that the negative feelings many of us experience during this time of year with broken relationships, family strains, and maybe memories of lost loved ones. Sometimes the thing we feel the least during the holiday season is the thing we need most - peace. And yet that's what a special group proclaimed in song the night Jesus was born - that God was bringing mankind the gift of peace. So who were these special singers? And how do I experience the peace they sang about when Jesus came into this world?
What songs are on your Christmas playlist? “All I Want for Christmas Is You”? “Last Christmas”? Or maybe something a little more classic like “Jingle Bells” or “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”? Christmas playlists help us enjoy the holiday season with songs dedicated to Santa Claus and sleigh rides and winter wonderlands. But there are also several Christmas songs that help focus our thoughts on the birth of Jesus. Actually the Bible itself shares multiple songs that announced and celebrated the arrival of the Son of God into our world. This Christmas season at Flagstone, we are going to discover those ancient “Christmas Playlists,” and we are going to recognize that the messages conveyed in those celebrations still contain truths for us today.
