Grief and Gratitude
by Rev. Malcolm G. Smith
Type of Event: Worship Service: Informal Family
Date Recorded: 29 Dec, 2019
Location: Westville, RSA
Topics: Christmas 
A different baby was born in Bethlehem, hundreds of years before Jesus was born there. The mother of that baby died in childbirth and soo named her son "son of my sorrow" before she died. Later the father renamed that baby, "son of the right hand" or "son of strength". This story offers an opportunity to reflect on our sorrows and the strength that the Lord has given us through our sorrows and also gives us another way of understanding why the Lord was born in Bethlehem.
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