The Christmas Star
During the Christmas season, it’s hard to go anywhere without seeing stars. They’re
perched atop Christmas trees, hang from street lamps, knitted on sweaters, displayed
on buildings, included in advertisements, printed in books and magazines, a part
of nativity scenes…well, they’re just about everywhere.
Did you know the closest star to earth is about 25,300,000,000,000 miles, or
about 4.35 light-years away? This means that the movement of stars happens
more than four years before we tually see it. What about the star of Bethlehem
mentioned in the book of Matthew, chapter two? How could this scientific
phenomenon have worked for the Magi to see the star and follow it? The star
leading the Magi must have been thought about beforehand. Yes, precisely it was.
The three kings hadn’t just noticed the star a few months before Christmas. They
had been tracking it for a couple of years before following it to Bethlehem.
On the fourth day of Creation, God had planned for one particular star to
be a part of the Christmas story. He later used this one special star as a guiding
light for the Magi to find the baby Jesus. And since that first Christmas, more than
2,000 years ago, we still have that guiding light—Jesus.
As we celebrate this Christmas season, we’ll certainly enjoy presents, good food,
company, and all kinds of festivities. Nothing wrong with this. But perhaps our
main focus should be upon the guiding light of Christ and His blessings throughout
the whole year. Jesus proclaimed, “I am the light of the world.” (John 8:12 NKJV)
Christ’s light embodies hope, grace, goodness, salvation, and God’s revelation for
mankind.
What is God revealing to you about finding this light and staying close to Him?
Becky Van Vleet is a retired teacher and principal and award-winning multi-genre author. She has been published in Guideposts, The Country Register, and Christian Devotions Ministry. Her children’s picture books are the recipients of the 2020 Excellence in Editing award as well as the Purple Dragonfly award in 2020 and 2021. She and her husband make their home close to Colorado Springs where she enjoys gardening, hiking, oil painting, power walking, and spending time with her family, especially reading books to her grandchildren.
Becky is the author of Unintended Hero, a true
story about her father’s battles, experiences, and adventures in WWII aboard
the USS Denver. She is passionate about sharing the values from the
Greatest Generation and enjoys speaking to high school classes about
patriotism.
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devoted her website to creating and preserving family memories and sharing
family stories for the next generations through her monthly blogs.
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