The same is true for many people who live far from Newtown and whole lives are not in shambles The tree and the presents will be painful reminders. They went back to their homes and never even heard about the baby, the Messiah, the Savior.įor the parents of Newtown, their “Silent Night” will be an empty room, a bed that never needs to be made, and little nic-nacs that have been robbed of their joy. The next day, they fought the crowds, endured the process of registering and paying their tax, and left town, glad to shake the dust from their feet. They were there, within a stone’s throw, they had the opportunity to be part and they missed it. In fact, the night was an intruder into their lives. They went through the most significant and important night of all history and didn't even know it. To the travelers there were too few rooms, not enough food, noise, rudeness, etc.įor them… Christmas came at a terrible time. To the locals there was the burden of the crowded streets, noise, lack of food, rudeness, etc. To them it was burdensome, a time of suffering and problems. How can a jolly elf with eight tiny reindeer help them when they are standing at the graveside of their only child?įor that matter, what meaning does Christmas have for anyone who is going through a bad time… through loneliness, through grief… through a divorce… through cancer?Īs I thought about those poor families going through the horrible time, I thought how much it is like that night 2000 years ago… for the thousands of people who crowded into Bethlehem that night. Those have nothing to say… no help… no answers Ho Ho Ho and Jingle Bells… Santa Clause is Coming to Town and Deck the Halls So what does Christmas have to say to them? Not that I don’t believe every word.īut I realize that Christmas is going to fall right in the middle of their worst time ever. Would I preach that sermon to the people who live there… who are still trying to come to grips with that horrific event? I realized as I thought about my sermon, the one I had prepared, that it was pretty trite in light of Newtown. I want us to stop right now and pray for those families. The child was dead… gone… and it did not matter why. Nothing in their life would ever be this bad.
#CHARMAS IN NEWTOWN TV#
Then I turned on the TV and saw a community, and especially 26 families going through hell. I had my sermon all ready, with pretty pictures to go along with it. Finally, he turned the gun on himself.Ĭhristmas is a time of happiness, a time of giving gifts, of lights and favorite songs, of being with familyīut not for the people in Newtown, Connecticut. He kills 18 students, most in his mother’s kindergarten class.
In the early hours of Friday morning, Adam Lanza shot and killed his mother.ĭuring the first period classes at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a gunman enters the school and has a heated exchange with the principal before going on a shooting spree from class to class. Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way
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