Beaumont Community Church Family,
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6 | NIV84)
I hope that you have enjoyed the Advent Season this year as we have been focusing on anticipating God and remembering what He has done. Through the Christmas story, God seems to invite us to discover again or anew the way He has entered our story. Over 2000 years ago, the nation of Israel was anticipating something God’s Messiah to look quite different than a baby born in a barn. Even though God had sent prophets to raise their awareness of His plans for His broken and lost people – many were only looking for what they wanted from God. They were blind to what God was doing.
These days I think we are often caught up in the same blindness that the Jewish people suffered from so many years ago…
Bruce Archer
Bernd Heyde
