We used to put up a Christmas tree in our lounge during the festive season when the children were with us. Nowadays with just the two of us, we just don't bother to put up the tree. We can enjoy the tree when we go downstairs on ground floor or at the church.
This morning we joined our friends for the Prayer meeting at Territorial Headquarters. In the introduction to her devotion, Major Pascoe mentioned about the Christmas Tree.
Christmas trees originated among early Christians as a symbol of eternal life. As evergreens, they became a witness to their faith in Jesus and His gift of eternal life. One night in the forest, Martin Luther noticed that the hundreds of millions of stars looked like they were resting on the branches of the giant fir trees. So he put tiny candles on his tree and lit them on Christmas Eve as a witness to his family and neighbours that Jesus is the Light of the world.
" A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit." Isaiah 11: 1.
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