COME AND SEE WHAT GOD HAS DONE

Becky and Lola’s voices blend beautifully as they share “a story of amazing love.”

One word. Many possible meanings.

Noël can be understood in different ways, depending on the path you take.

In modern French, “Joyeux Noël” simply means “Merry Christmas.”

It can also mean good news in French when you trace it back to the word nouvelles.

Some people tie it to the Middle English word nowel, which meant “a shout of joy.”

Many scholars think both the English and French have their source in the Latin word natalis, which means “birth”.

Or possible the Latin word novella for “news”.

And some people believe it goes back to the Hebrew and is derived from the ending of the word Emmanuel, God with us.

Joy. News. Birth. God With Us.

Any way you look at it, noël is a word that points to Jesus.

VERSES OF THE DAY

Matthew 2:1-2

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi a from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

QUESTION

God spoke to the wise men with a star. What are some other unusual ways he has communicated with people?

Has he ever used an object or something in creation to say something to you?