Christmas Message
Posted by John Egan
on Dec 24, 2014
As this is Christmas, we followed the tradition of asking someone to give us a Christmas message. Usually these are quite good. Todays wasn't. It was excellent.
Pastor John Guilfoyle of the Living Water Church spoke for about 20 minutes on what Christmas really means to everyone when the inside and the outside coincide. He spoke of the fear and hatred that we are now facing, the darkness that is around the world, and how the message of Christmas is bringing light to that darkness. It was an entertaining, enthralling talk which had his audience spell bound. So how does a Zoo, a Gorilla and a Lion fit in to Christmas? You had to be there!!
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 But as Pastor John said, happiness and peace come when the inside reality coincides with the outward view. The birth of Christ brought the promise of something new. Sometimes we don't recognise that there can be something different. Like a fish who takes the water for granted, but doesn't actually bother to look at the water, we accept life as "that's how it is". Christmas gives us time to pause and think again.
PP Andy Irvine thanked John in the usual manner, but pointed out that the Christmas bonbon which we had at the table also had a religious origin. The hats were symbolic of the Crown of Thorns, the toy inside said that life is a Gift, and the jokes were to tell us not to take life too seriously. Good one Andy!!
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