In the beautiful carol "O Holy Night" we sing "A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices." The complicated and beautiful reality is that weariness and sadness can coexist with joy.  We don't have to suppress one emotion to have the other.  Our joy is rooted in the fact that we belong to God, so we can acknowledge the weariness of our world while celebrating God's closeness with great joy.

And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’ Matthew 25:40

Message by Dr. Glenn Butner Jr.Matthew 28:16-20 ESV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKAMwPR6WmM

Watch on YouTube Matthew 25:1-13 Some people make elaborate plans to set up the perfect moment for asking the question, “Will you marry me?”  I don’t remember the exact moment Rob asked me to marry him, because early on in our relationship it became the thing we just always talked about and looked forward to.  ...

Watch on YouTube Joshua 3:7-17, Matthew 23:1-12 [1] I really wanted today’s sermon to be deeply rooted in the Word, so I weighed all my Bibles and I brought my biggest and heaviest Bible today.  Are you impressed?  (You would be if I put it on top of you.) Does the fact that I have ...