Today was our church Nativity - Nat's first one!
I had found some material in the remnants basket in Fabric land so was able to make Nat a little tunic and headscarf with some dressing gown cord wrapped around it.
He looked so cute!
The nativity was lovely with all the little children dressed as angels, shepherds, and stable animals.
Some of the older children did the narrating and the little children were led out onto the stage where Nat stood looking very bewildered and sucking his fingers.
After the nativity Joel Virgo was preaching. He had changed his message from the intended one about the shepherds (in the light of the Connecticut school shooting). Instead he read about Herod and the slaughter of all the boys aged two years and under in Bethlehem. Joel was explaining that there are dual threads running throughout the bible, one thread of sin, violence and death and the other thread which is a message of hope, joy and peace.
Joel reminded us that we live in a sinful world and that the terrible things that happen in this world are because of the sinful natures of our hearts and that each of us has the capacity to do dreadful things. We might not go as far as to murder other people but we each have it within us to do harm to others. That is the reason why God sent his son Jesus to become man and our saviour so that he could become the ultimate sacrifice and the ultimate solution. We can therefore all look forward to the day when Jesus reigns over all the earth and there will be an end to sin, pain, suffering, sickness and disease.
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