{"id":2935,"date":"2011-12-24T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/12\/glory-to-the-newborn-king-2.html"},"modified":"2011-12-24T12:54:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T12:54:00","slug":"glory-to-the-newborn-king-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/12\/glory-to-the-newborn-king-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Glory to the newborn king!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>And with that, I wish everyone a peace filled and joyful Christmas celebration.\u00a0 I\u2019ll be around for the next week or so, but tomorrow?\u00a0 I\u2019m with the family, feasting, celebrating, relaxing, and taking in the peace of Christ which surpasses all human understanding.\u00a0 May that peace fill your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.\u00a0 Merry Christmas everyone, Merry Christmas to my lovely wife and wonderful boys, to my family, and to you Dad \u2013 you\u2019re still with us in our hearts and memories.\u00a0 Amen. <\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-1cUh5osRv_Q\/TvYQXLTXv8I\/AAAAAAAAAlo\/dy59TAWZkhk\/s1600\/adoration_of_the_shepards.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-1cUh5osRv_Q\/TvYQXLTXv8I\/AAAAAAAAAlo\/dy59TAWZkhk\/s640\/adoration_of_the_shepards.jpg\" width=\"640\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">Yes, the wise still seek him.\u00a0 And so do the humble. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: inherit\">And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. <\/span><\/em><br><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><em>\u00a0And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. <\/em><\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><em><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 <br><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><em>And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><em>\u00a0And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><em>\u00a0And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><em>\u00a0For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. <\/em><\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><em><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 <br><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><em>And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><em>\u00a0And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, <\/em><\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><em><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 <br><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><em>And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.\u201d <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">King James Version<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And with that, I wish everyone a peace filled and joyful Christmas celebration.\u00a0 I\u2019ll be around for the next week or so, but tomorrow?\u00a0 I\u2019m with the family, feasting, celebrating, relaxing, and taking in the peace of Christ which surpasses all human understanding.\u00a0 May that peace fill your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.\u00a0 Merry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Glory to the newborn king!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"And with that, I wish everyone a peace filled and joyful Christmas celebration.&nbsp; 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