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September 11th: Happy Birthday!
September 11th has a special meaning to us, who acknowledge this day as the birth date of Christ our Savior.
For it was on the night of September 11th, over 2000 years ago, the shepherds were living out in the fields watching their flocks. Without warning, an angel of God stood before them, and the brilliant “glory of the Lord” radiated about them all!
However, the angel calmed the shepherds, saying:
“Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” --Luke 2:8ff.
At that moment, suddenly a multitude of heavenly host joined ranks with the angel, praising God, and saying:
“Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”
Afterwards, the shepherds decided,
“Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger.
Once having found the child, the shepherds told everyone far and wide what the angels had told them. All were astonished—especially those who had been awaiting the Messiah.
But Mary was treasuring up all these things in her heart and meditating on them.--Luke 2:19 HCSB
Mary built her confidence and her faith on the words of the angels, as passed on to her by the shepherds.
Mary was one of the great women of faith, whose example of believing still speaks louder today than words can describe. Genesis 3:15 first foretold of this courageous woman, who would challenge the devil head-on with “her seed”.
In retrospect, we see that the entire creation waited thousands of years for the arrival of Mary—the starlet who would finally believe to bring forth God’s son, our savior!
For all the works humankind attempts in vain to please God, there is no greater pleasure to God than when one—like Mary—rises up to believe even one of His promises!
Consequently, Mary's simplicity of faith placed her in the center of God's heart.
We, like Mary, are to repeatedly rejoice at these angelic words, and treasure up all these things in our hearts, meditating upon them.
For most people, September 11th recalls a dark, turning point in the history of the free world.
But, in stark contrast to the evil, September 11th can remind us of the words of the angels:
“...good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”
“Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”
Like Mary, let us take this special day of the year to treasure up in our hearts all these things told to the shepherds that night, and meditate upon them.
Praise God for what He has accomplished!
--Steve Sann
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