#BLESS US ONE AND ALL HOW TO#

The promise of God bless everyone and redemption – change of and for the world is far away. Or maybe it’s the bullying threats of the North Korean government hackers. Or maybe is the number of deaths caused from Ebola and the fear that disease strikes into the hearts of folks so many thousands of miles away. It could be the fear of unrest around the world from the Middle East to the Ukraine.

#BLESS US ONE AND ALL HOW TO#

It could be the sorrow and despair of not knowing how to react since Ferguson and Staten Island.

It is the whole wide world who needs God Bless Us Every One and Jesus Christ was born for this!Ī world in which the headlines we read and the difficulties we live have too much sway in our worry.

But not just as individuals do we need redemption – it is the whole world in need of this birth. We watch Scrooge in the window of Bob Cratchet as if we have caught our own reflection and realize that we need redemption. We are looking in the waiting of Advent and the celebration of Christmas, not for the offering of gifts or even the gathering of family as blessed as both are – we are looking for God to redeem us too! We are waiting for the Messiah to come so that Earth might be as it is in heaven – we pray that every time we mutter the Lord’s prayer. At the core of Christmas, we are waiting for the Christ child to come and change us. All of our Christmas movies we featured as favorites were redemption stories – The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Home Alone (which is probably the biggest stretch), Miracle on 34th Street, It’s a Wonderful Life, and the Muppets Christmas Carol that we just saw a bit of. We expand our compassion and empathy we embody God’s way. Our lives always change when we look at the lives of others. This clip picks up right as Scrooge is being escorted by the Spirit of Christmas present to see the life of his employee, Bob Cratchet. Kermit and Miss Piggy’s take on the classic Charles Dicken novel. Tonight, let’s take a look at the Muppets Christmas Carol. This season, we have been watching some common favorites and finding God’s themes for Advent and Christmas alongside the Hollywood razzle and dazzle. We turn on old favorites and tentatively try out new ones with family and friends, looking for ways to retell the Christmas story. For so many of us, Christmas movies are as much a part of the season as Advent wreaths and baking cookies.

Bless us one and all