Star! Have we ever seen a star on the Christmas Tree! OK.....naturally we have. Often the Star is the crowning glory of the tree. Many families have traditions of when the star is put on the tree and some even have traditions of who puts the star on the tree.
One of the things about winter in Montana is that it is dark....a lot! The other morning I was driving to work in the dark and was looking at all of the beautiful stars in the sky....but one was shining just a little more brightly than the others....the morning star. When you see that morning star....you know that it won't be long before the sun is up and shining.....and that gives you HOPE!
I think that it is amazing that the prophets foretold the coming of Jesus and Peter thought so too!
2 Peter 1:19
And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts
That was then......but guess what.....there was (and is more to come)....
Revelation 2:28
And I will give him the morning star.
And I will give him the morning star.
Revelation 22:5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
So if you don't already have a tradition of having a star on your tree....how about making a batch of star cookies and contemplating that Jesus is the Bright and Morning Star.
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