Monday
Luke 2:16-20 [The shepherds] hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby [Jesus], who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed... But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
The shepherds reaction to baby Jesus is exactly what our reaction will be when we see the returning Jesus: we will glorify and praise God for all the things we see and hear and will find that they are just as God has promised them to us. Since God kept His word in the first coming of Jesus, we can be assured that He will do it with the Second Coming of Jesus!
PRAYER ...
Faithful and all powerful Lord, thank You for being trustworthy and true. Help me to be faithful to You in what I do and say and think during this stressful yet marvelous time. May I never lose faith in the coming of Jesus and may my faith in Him ever shape my life to be more pleasing to You. Amen.