Matthew
1:18-24; Matthew 2:1-2; Luke 1:26-56; Luke 2:1-20
Mary, a virgin, was told by the angel
Gabriel that she would give birth to a son.
Elizabeth was filled with the Holy
Spirit and proclaimed, "...blessed is the child you will bear."
Rejoicing together, Mary sang a song
of praise to God.
Returning home, Mary was found to be
with child.
"You will name the child Jesus."
said the angel Gabriel.
Considering a divorce from Mary,
Joseph had a dream in which an angel told him the truth about Mary's pregnancy.
Heartened by the angelic message from
God, Joseph took Mary home as his wife.
Registration for a census was decreed
by Caesar Augustus for the entire Roman world.
In obedience, Joseph and Mary traveled
to Bethlehem and could find no place in an inn, only in the stable of an inn.
Silent animals watched Mary give birth
to the baby Jesus.
The newborn babe was wrapped in cloths
and laid in the manger.
Magi from the east saw his star and began
a journey to come and worship him.
Angels sang to shepherds, "Glory
to God on the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
Shepherds spread the good news when they
went to Bethlehem and found Mary, and Joseph, and the baby.
By Sallee
Bonham
12/08/2013
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