They set the stars on fire and fill the night skies with a song of joy for us. No matter how great our sin, Jesus has come for us. No matter how deep our loneliness, Jesus has come for us. Were we the only persons to ever sin, or to ever exist, still God would send His only son to live and love, suffer and die, for us. That is the depth of His love for you and me.
Today is the birth of our Deliverer.
Brothers and sisters, my family in faith, let us rejoice together. And they went with haste, and found Mary and Joseph and the babe lying in a manger. But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart. The shepherds of the Judean hills were rough and simple men. But perhaps only in their simplicity could they hear the message which drove them urgently toward Bethlehem.