The 12th

Rejoice

“Your heart will rejoice,” Jesus promises us in John. “Your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.” So, how much joy do you have in your life? It is a gift and a promise. Maybe this Christmas you could ask God for the gift of joy. Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel has come to you.

Br. Geoffrey Tristram

Today I was not a good observer of Advent, I wasn't prayerfully preparing, I was full on celebrating! Our community choir gave us the most wonderful Christmas concert in church and then we all headed into the pub for sing-a-long beer and carols. And it was glorious. And joyful.
Ruth, our choir mistress, reminded us of the health benefits of singing and particularly of the endorphins released into our system, making us joyful. Communal singing is something particularly wonderful, the shared joy; the bond between us.
Christmas is a time for joyful song and particularly for singing together.

Today I found joy in singing! Was thankful for the power of music and felt helpless about making time for the stuff that matters.

Scripture

And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

Matthew 6:27-29