Day 2: Arise, Shine!
Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. (Isaiah 60:1 - NKJV).
Lord, in this holy season of prayer and song and laughter, we praise You for the great wonders You have sent us: for shining star and angel's song, for infant's cry in lowly manger. We praise You for the Word made flesh in a little Child. We behold His glory, and are bathed in its radiance.
Be with us as we sing the ironies of Christmas, the incomprehensible comprehended, the poetry made hard fact, the helpless Babe who cracks the world asunder.
We kneel before You shepherds, innkeepers, wise men. Help us to rise bigger than we are.
Amen.
~ Author Unknown
The sun has now risen in heavenly glory,
And shines through the darkness of night;
Now rejoice and sing praises, yea, shout the glad story,
For in Christ the Redeemer is healing and light.
Refrain:
To God be the glory, and goodwill to men;
Through Christ our Redeemer shall peace come again.
The world lay benighted in death and destruction,
All mankind in sin was forlorn;
But through faith in the Savior comes peace and salvation,
Sing with joy, all you ransomed, the Savior is born.
Now go with the shepherds and follow the wise men
To seek for the heavenly Child;
And when you have found Him, accept and adore Him,
The Christ child from glory, so gentle and mild.
~ William Horn ~ bef. 1917
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