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A Christmas Creed
I believe
in Jesus Christ and in the beauty of the gospel
begun in Bethlehem.
I believe in the one whose spirit glorified a little
town; and whose spirit still brings music to persons
all over the world, in towns both large and small.
I believe in the one for whom the crowded inn could
find no room, and I confess that my heart still
sometimes wants to exclude Christ from my life
today.
I believe in the one who the rulers of the earth
ignored and the proud could never understand; whose
life was among common people, whose welcome came
from persons of hungry hearts.
I believe in the one who proclaimed the love of God
to be invincible:
I believe in the one whose cradle was a mother's
arms, whose modest home in Nazareth had love for its
only wealth, who looked at persons and made them see
what God's love saw in them, who by love brought
sinners back to purity, and lifted human weakness up
to meet the strength of God.
I confess my ever-lasting need of God: The need of
forgiveness for our selfishness and greed, the need
of new life for empty souls, the need of love for
hearts grown cold.
I believe in God who gives us the best of himself.
I believe in Jesus, the son of the living
God, born in Bethlehem this night, for me and for
the world.
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A Christmas Creed
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