Can you remember as a child the anticipation you felt as Christmas approached? It was such an exciting time of year. For some reason, adults seemed to be a little happier and less fussy than usual. Music filled the air, packages were under the tree, secrets were being whispered from person to person. Sometimes the excitement would build until you would think you were going to burst. Perhaps we have since discarded that kind of anticipation as just a childish fantasy; but I hope not, for it isn’t altogether without scriptural precedent. For example, there is the meeting between the […]