The God of surprises
We have considered this morning already that God might well be a God of surprises, and that we have to keep our wits about us. Sometimes surprises by the way can come in the weirdest manner. Only last Saturday, we went to the supermarket in the morning and were regailed with a very tinny version of Hark the Herald Angels sing! My first thoughts were NO! This is too early.. followed closely by No! They are mullering one of my favourite Carols. Perhaps, however, our less than welcome surprise may have caused someone else to ask what the song is about and perhaps even to find out about the “new born King”. And yet all too easily we fall into a trap of complacency and think we know all about advent and Christmas; assuming there is nothing more it can tell us, nothing more that can surprise us How often will you hear things like Christmas is all about family; it’s all about the children. Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without……you can insert whate...