God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Why does the Lord Christ sometimes hide Himself and His glory from the faith of believers? There are many reasons but I will mention only one. He does it to stir us up to search for Him with all our heart. Our wretched laziness so often makes us neglect meditation on heavenly things. But Christ is patient with us. He knows that those who have seen something of His glory, although they have not valued it as they ought, cannot bear His absence for long.
Displaying a Christmas nativity scene is a long-standing tradition, but it can also present a bit of a skewed view of the actual events of Jesus’ birth. While each person depicted in a traditional nativity scene is a part of the Christmas story, not all the characters were present in one place on the night Jesus was born. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were in a stable that night due to the overcrowding in Bethlehem’s inn (Luke 2:7), but the Bible never mentions whether or not animals were present—in fact, it never even mentions a stable. The shepherds, once told of Jesus’ arrival, left their flocks to worship the newborn King (Luke 2:16). However, the angels, which are often part of nativity scenes, bore the good news to the shepherds in the fields (Luke 2:8–14). As far as we know, there were no angels flying visibly over the place where Jesus was when the shepherds arrived. In addition, the wise men (the Bible never says how many there were) were also probably not present that first night. The magi visited Jesus some time later, when He was in a house (Matthew 2:1–11).
Rinse chicken and pat dry. Set aside. Combine rice, soup, and water in
crock-pot; stir well to mix in soup. Place chicken in a roasting bag; add
dry onion soup mix. Shake bag to coat chicken well. Puncture 4-6 holes in
bottom of bag. Fold top of bag over chicken and place in crock-pot on top
of rice. Cover and cook on LOW setting 8-10 hrs.
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 343 by James and Susan Kirkland
<kirkland@gj.net> on Dec 05, 1997
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