“O Holy Night!
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Savior's birth!
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till he appear'd and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary soul rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!…”

As we journey through Advent, we continue our devotional series featuring various friends from our congregation, pondering their star’s unique name. Each thoughtful reflection points us towards our Savior and fills us with a thrill of hope. Enjoy!

Today’s reflection is from Rod Rothermel:

Embody

In the panorama of the night sky, if we gaze at and contemplate the star Embody, some questions are bound to come up. Questions such as:

How many stars are there?

How far away are they and where did they come from?

When we talk about stars we are talking about a billion trillion in number and distances up to billions of light years. The magnitude of these numbers and the vastness of our universe are concepts which the human mind simply cannot comprehend. This is particularly true once you learn you cannot count to one billion in a life-time. What you can understand is that in this scale of our vast universe, planet earth becomes a very tiny speck at most. Remember however, God is the creator of all. And He chose to send his son to us on earth embodied in our form with flesh and blood. Think about that and rejoice!

Heavenly Father thank you for sending your Son to us. May we learn from his teachings and from his examples. Forgive us for our sins and our shortcomings so our lives may be acceptable in your sight. Be with us this Advent as we prepare again to accept Christ.