So after a long busy yet very fruitful and encouraging day I think it is time for my last Christmas quote. The count down to Christmas morning and the full celebration of Jesus coming is getting lower. I would like my last quote before Christmas to be a good one so I have found one of my favorite Christmas thoughts from Martin Luther and you cannot go wrong with quoting Luther.
"The inn was full. No one would release a room to this pregnant women. She had to go to a cow stall and there bring forth the Maker of all creatures because nobody would give way. Shame on you Bethlehem! The inn ought to have been burned with brimstone, for even though Mary had been a beggar maid or unwed, anybody at such a time would have been glad to give her a hand. There are many of you in the congregation who thinks to yourselves; 'If only I had been there! How quick I would have been to help the baby! I would have washed his linen! How happy I would have been to go with the shepherds to see the Lord lying in the manager!' Yes you would! You say that because you know how great Christ is, but if you had been there at that time you would have done no better that the people of Bethlehem. Childish and silly thoughts are these! Why don't you do it now? You have Christ in your neighbor. You ought to serve him, for what you do to your neighbor in need you do to the Lord Christ himself."
What better words for the Christmas season that these from Luther and a great reminder how we as lovers of Jesus better fruitfully use this time of year for the baby Jesus glory.
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