It's Christmas Eve, ladies and gents!! How exciting!!
I may be 16, but I feel as though I'm 6.
There's something about these few days of the year that set themselves apart from the rest. Maybe it's the family coming all together. Maybe it's the food. Maybe it's the refocus on the beauty of the Gospel.
Like each and every year before, my family attends our church's Christmas Eve candlelight service (yes, we all go to the same church, both Mom and Dad's side). And like every year, we sung Christmas carols and heard our pastor say "this is my favorite picture of the year," but like I've said a hundred other times, this year was different to me.
As we lit the candles throughout the congregation, we sang "All Is Well" by Michael W. Smith.
"For tonight darkness fell
Into the dawn of love's light"
When that baby was born in Bethlehem among donkeys and hay and dirty shepherds, love came down and the darkness that was there was taken over by this little bundle of joy.
When Pastor Mike lit the candle to that first deacon, the darkness that was there was taken over by this little light.
Light always overcomes the darkness In a little sanctuary. In a little barn. In the halls of your school. In the world.
Light always overcomes the darkness. And that's worth celebrating, even if it is 70 and sunny.
Celebrate! The Light has come!
Merry Christmas,
Lauren
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