Quel repos!

Sur Dieu seul mon âme se repose paisiblement; de lui vient mon salut. Psaume 62. 1

(Jésus dit:) Venez à moi, vous tous qui vous fatiguez et qui êtes chargés, et moi, je vous donnerai du repos. Matthieu 11. 28

Quel repos céleste, Jésus, d'être à toi!

À toi pour la mort et la vie,

Dans les jours mauvais de chanter avec foi:

Tout est bien, ma paix est infinie.

Quel repos céleste, mon fardeau n'est plus!

Libre par le sang du Calvaire…

Tous mes ennemis, Jésus les a vaincus:

Gloire et louange à Dieu notre Père!

Quel repos céleste, tu conduis mes pas,

Tu me combles de tes richesses.

Dans ton grand amour, chaque jour tu sauras

Déployer envers moi tes tendresses.

Quel repos céleste, quand enfin, Seigneur,

Auprès de toi j'aurai ma place!

Après les travaux, les combats, la douleur,

À jamais je pourrai voir ta face.

A. Humbert

“Tu garderas dans une paix parfaite l'esprit qui s'appuie sur toi, car il se confie en toi. Confiez-vous en l'Éternel, à tout jamais” (Ésaïe 26. 3, 4).

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A Special Birth

Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14

Christ is the greatest gift known to man.

In the pages of Scripture, several baby-boy births stand out. Cain, the firstborn after creation. Isaac, the hope of Israel’s future. Samuel, the answer to a mother’s fervent prayer. All extremely important. All joyously expected. And all described exactly the same by the chroniclers of Scripture: In each case, we are told that the mother conceived and bore a son (Gen. 4:1; 21:2-3; 1 Sam. 1:20).

Now consider one more baby boy’s birth. The description of this arrival was much more greatly detailed: a few words were clearly not enough to tell of Jesus’ birth. In Micah, we were told where He would be born—Bethlehem (5:2). In Isaiah, that His mother would be a virgin (7:14), and that He was coming to save people from their sin (ch.53).

In the New Testament, we were given such key information as what His name would be and why (Matt. 1:21), where He was born in fulfillment of prophecy (2:6), and how both His birth mother and His adoptive father were part of God’s plan (1:16).

Jesus’ birth stands above all births. His coming changed the world and can change our lives. Let’s celebrate Him!

Mild He lays His glory by,

Born that man no more may die.

Born to raise the sons of earth,

Born to give them second birth. Wesley