Written By Matt Henson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read Luke 2:1-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For many years in the late 1980s and early to mid 1990s, my dad sang in a Gospel Group with a gifted pianist and song writer named Juanita Atkinson. She wrote a song that spoke to the ongoing battle between the materialism of the holiday and the real reason for the season. As you light the Christ Candle in the center of the Advent wreath, read these beautiful lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was searching for the right gifts late on Christmas eve<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seeking presents for some friends of mine<\/p>\n\n\n\n I couldn\u2019t find the right gift and no other one would do<\/p>\n\n\n\n When there upon the door I read a sign:<\/p>\n\n\n\n It said Jesus is the reason for the season<\/p>\n\n\n\n O how those words touch my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jesus is the reason for the season<\/p>\n\n\n\n What a message these words impart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No more searching for the right gift late on Christmas eve<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ll give them gifts sent down from heaven above<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gifts of sharing, caring, hope and peace and joy<\/p>\n\n\n\n And I\u2019ve found the right gift now, I\u2019ll give them love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Jesus is the reason for the season<\/p>\n\n\n\n O how those words touch my heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Jesus is the reason for the season<\/p>\n\n\n\n What a message these words impart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prayer: The hustle and bustle of the season can be overwhelming, Lord. Thank you for tonight where I can take my focus off the busyness and fix my eyes on Jesus. Thank you for the gift we receive and celebrate today. Thank you for the Christ-child who is Jesus: He is the true Reason for the Season. Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Written By Matt Henson Read Luke 2:1-20 For many years in the late 1980s and early to mid 1990s, my dad sang in a Gospel Group with a gifted pianist and song writer named Juanita Atkinson. She wrote a song<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/livingtheadventure.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Blank1-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C4&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}